Company - Howe Industries
Product/Service - SPRINT, SPEAR
- Classification
- Space Utilities
- Category
- Resources - Energy
Nuclear Radioisotope Power
Solar Thermal Propulsion
Active Debris Removal (ADR)
- Fields
- Nuclear Fission Power
Nuclear Power
- Status
- Concept
- First launch
- Not announced
Develop these space based power systems, which includes radioisotope fueled systems and reactor based systems to take the human race further than previously thought possible.
Howe Industries has been the recipient of multiple grants from federal agencies, including NASA (and NASA NIAC), DARPA as well as the NSF. In addition to the ThermaSat CubeSat propulsion system, Howe Industries has developed the solid-state, Advanced Thermoelectric Generator (ATEG), new fuel for nuclear thermal propulsion, and the even more high-tech nuclear Pulsed Plasma Rocket.
Other projects range from debris de-orbiting to a rover for the surface of Mercury (which will be both powered and cooled using ATEG). The company is also investigating the application of their extensive knowhow towards the development of a compact fission-power station for the envisioned lunar base.
SPRINTR
A nuclear thermal rocket for manned exploration of Mars, the Moon, or space colonization.
SPEAR
SAT-SHOT
Low cost, rapid debris de-orbiting for less than $3k per kilogram of removed mass from Earth orbit.
Pulsed Plasma Rocket: Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars
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