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Scientific-Production Association "Krasnaya Zvezda." Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 73, No. 5, pp. 346–350, November, 1992.
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Andreev, P.V., Zhabotinskii, E.E. & Nikonov, A.M. Prospects for the use of thermionic nuclear power plants for interorbital transfers of space vehicles in near space. At Energy 73, 857–860 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00739627
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00739627