Sentences with phrase «nuclear propulsion program»

Acquire and maintain local qualifications for Radiological and Environmental controls including DOT and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program requirements and regulations

Our national security is inextricably linked to our country s energy security, said retired Navy Admiral Frank Skip Bowman, who was director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion program.

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Facing limited funds, NASA administrator Michael Griffin slashed many science programs, including astrobiology (down 50 percent in the 2007 request) and the development of nuclear propulsion systems for spacecraft (down 97 percent).

Crossing the huge distance between the Sun and Alpha Centauri using current spacecraft technologies would take several millennia, though the possibility of nuclear pulse propulsion or laser light sail technology, as considered in the Breakthrough Starshot program, could reduce the journey time to a matter of decades.