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Completed TRL 4 (started at 3, targeting 4)
NASA OCT requested researchers at GRC and ARC to assess the potential of small power supplies based on direct conversion of energy from radioisotope sources for future NASA Missions.
Potential of small radioisotope sourcess as amplifying and or enabling technology for power source
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