Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power ...
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New nuclear fuel withstands 4,220°F heat, will fly rockets to Mars in just 45 daysGeneral Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.
Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.
NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...
The PULSAR research project, led by Belgian engineering firm Tractebel, has unveiled the conceptual design of a plutonium-238 ...
The demonstration rocket’s engine reactor remains in ... Osorio says that “qualifying an operational nuclear thermal propulsion engine for space transportation will require a ground-test ...
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