JPL's new Project Prometheus site

[Crazieman]

Looks great!

http://prometheus.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm?pageL1=homePage

[Crazieman]

I would also like to say, this suggests that JIMO is in fact, not dead (or being revived)

[Sam5]

From the website:

“The efforts of Prometheus Nuclear Systems and Technology will concentrate on two sources of nuclear energy: radioisotope power systems (RPS) that produce electrical power through the heat generated from the natural decay of a radioactive isotope, and nuclear reactors that produce electrical power through the splitting of the atom, known as nuclear fission.”

How are they going to power a spacecraft by electricity?

[Crazieman]

Its equipped with ion engines - engines that require electrical power to operate.