{"id":7087,"date":"2014-03-26T00:06:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T00:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7087"},"modified":"2014-03-26T00:06:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T00:06:47","slug":"space-history-early-us-space-nuclear-power-projects-the-saturn-v-f-1-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7087","title":{"rendered":"Space History: Early US space nuclear power projects + The Saturn V F-1 engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of space history items:<\/p>\n<p>* Space historian Roger Launius writes about early US space nuclear power projects, in particular those using\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator\" target=\"_blank\">RTGs<\/a>, or radioisotope thermoelectric generators:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/launiusr.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/24\/the-transit-program-and-the-origins-of-nuclear-power-systems-for-spaceflight\/\" target=\"_d\">The Transit Program and the Origins of Nuclear Power Systems for Spaceflight- Roger Launius&#8217;s Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Anthony Young discussed his book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0387096299?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0387096299\" target=\"_d\">The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History<\/a><\/em>, on a recent Space Show interview:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thespaceshow.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/24\/anthony-young-sunday-3-23-14\/\" target=\"_d\">Anthony Young, Sunday, 3-23-14 -Thespaceshow&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of space history items: * Space historian Roger Launius writes about early US space nuclear power projects, in particular those using\u00a0RTGs, or radioisotope thermoelectric generators:\u00a0\u00a0The Transit Program and the Origins of Nuclear Power Systems for Spaceflight- Roger Launius&#8217;s Blog. * Anthony Young discussed his book,\u00a0The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7087\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space History: Early US space nuclear power projects + The Saturn V F-1 engine<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Qj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":212,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=212","url_meta":{"origin":7087,"position":0},"title":"NASA fires F-1 engine gas generator","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of the SLS archeology project, a group\u00a0 of NASA engineers have refurbished a gas-generator , essentially a separate rocket engine used to drive pumps for the main engine, used for the famous Saturn F-1 engines and fired it several times. 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