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ASRG Model In Orlando 11 Sept 2007
ASRG cutaway model. Courtesy NASA.
The Division for Planetary Sciences 39th Annual Meeting was held October 7-12, 2007 in Orlando Florida. Below is a photo, from left to right, of Dick Shaltens (NASA GRC), Dave Ercegovic (NASA GRC), and Jeff Schreiber (NASA GRC) hard at work at the 39th Annual Meeting with the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG) model. Under the joint sponsorship of the Department of Energy (DOE) and NASA, Lockheed Martin Corporation of Valley Forge, PA, NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) of Cleveland, OH, and Sunpower, Inc. of Athens, OH are developing a high-efficiency, 100-We (watts electric)-class ASRG for potential use on future NASA Space Science and Exploration missions. The ASRG is being developed for multimission use in environments with and without atmospheres.
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