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An advertisement from 1963 illustrating a quite-possibly artistic license nuclear powered space probe heading towards Jupiter. The probe was to use the SNAP-50/SPURĀ  powerplant (300 to 1200 kilowatts of electricity) to power a circular bank of ion engines. The realistic nature of the design should be questioned due to the lack of any apparent communication system… no great big radio dish, in other words.

 Posted by at 12:34 pm

  One Response to “Nuclear powered probe, 1963”

  1. Happy Sputnik Day.

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