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Aerojet SEP Study Demonstrates Affordability Enhancement For NASA Exploration

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012

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GenCorp Inc.- [GY] subsidiary Aerojet completed a NASA Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) mission concept study in June that demonstrated the ability to reduce the mission cost for NASA human exploration cargo missions by more than 50 percent through the use of existing flight-proven SEP systems, the company said in a statement. Self-funded under a collaborative Space Act Agreement, Aerojet’s SEP mission concept study yielded a solution that uses the same flight-proven electric propulsion approach that supports the Air Force Advanced-Extremely…

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