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 ...
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Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time − but designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easyAn alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses nuclear fission and could one day power a rocket that ...
A DRACO ground test would need to capture plume exhaust fully to ensure no radioactive materials are released to the ...
The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are ...
As the heated propellant expands, it’s ultimately exhausted out of a nozzle in much the same way as in a traditional rocket. It’s also similar to the concept of nuclear thermal propulsion ...
Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP ... produce higher specific impulse (a measure of fuel efficiency) than chemical rockets, which means they can achieve higher speeds and use less propellant.
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When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear WarWhen the Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, it greatly reduced the threat of global nuclear war.
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