Lee S. Mason

Engineering · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies(79), Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines(55), Spacecraft Design and Technology(22), Planetary Science and Exploration(17), Rocket and propulsion systems research(16)

Publications116 total

Nuclear Power and Propulsion International Gap Assessment
2024
Overview of Past Space Nuclear Reactor Functional Safety Principles in the Context of Recent Policy Changes
2023· 1 cited
Nuclear Power Concepts and Development Strategies for High-Power Electric Propulsion Missions to Mars
Nuclear Technology·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
Assessing the Needs for Space Reactor Standards
2022· 1 cited
1.9MWe Nuclear Electric Propulsion-Chemical Propulsion Piloted Mars Opposition Vehicle
2022· 2 cited
A Deployable 40 kWe Lunar Fission Surface Power Concept
2022· 13 cited
Nuclear Electric Propulsion Brayton Power Conversion Working Fluid Considerations
2022· 9 cited
Compass Final Report: Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP)-Chemical Vehicle 1.2
2021· 11 cited
Nuclear Power Concepts for High-Power Electric Propulsion Missions to Mars
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2021· 1 cited
A Combined Nuclear Electric and Chemical Propulsion Vehicle Concept for Piloted Mars Opposition Class Missions
ASCEND 2020·2020· 5 cited
Kilopower Project: The KRUSTY Fission Power Experiment and Potential Missions
Nuclear Technology·2020· 106 citedOpen Access
Common Power and Energy Storage Solutions to Support Lunar and Mars Surface Exploration Missions
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2019· 6 cited
Lunar Night Survivability Achieved by Radioisotope and Fission Power System Technology
2018· 1 cited
White Paper - Comparison of LEU and HEU Fuel for the Kilopower Reactor
2018· 2 citedOpen Access
Mission Design for the Exploration of Ice Giants, Kuiper Belt Objects and Their Moons Using Kilopower Electric Propulsion
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2018
Polar Volatiles Exploration in Peary Crater Enabled by NASA's Kilopower Project
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2018· 1 cited
A Comparison of Energy Conversion Technologies for Space Nuclear Power Systems
2018· 6 citedOpen Access
Kilopower: Small and Affordable Fission Power Systems for Space
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2017· 1 cited
Continuing to Build a Community Consensus on the Future of Human Space Flight: Report of the Fourth Community Workshop on Achievability and Sustainability of Human Exploration of Mars (AM IV)
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)·2016
Stirling to flight initiative
2016· 4 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Marc A. Gibson(7), David I. Poston(6), Patrick McClure(5), Richard K. Shaltens(5), Steven R. Oleson(4), Paul Schmitz(4), Robert S. Jankovsky(3), David Manzella(3), Jeffrey G. Schreiber(3), Michael G. Houts(3), Cheryl L. Bowman(2), John Creasy(2), Chris Robinson(2), David Jacobson(2), Carolyn R. Mercer(2), Eric Pencil(2), John Fife(2), William A. Hargus(2), Donald A. Jaworske(2), Luis Pinero(2)