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NASA's 1st nuclear-powered rocket could launch as soon as 2025
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAn illustration of a rocket with a blue flame blasting out of Earth's atmosphere The U.S. plans to...
NASA to test nuclear rocket engine that could take humans to Mars in 45 days
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn Artist's concept image of Demonstration for the Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO)...
There’s one place where the case for nuclear power is undisputable
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoI was amused to read recently that the US military plans to send nuclear reactors into space, as if...
NASA and DARPA will build a nuclear rocket by 2027
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA and DARPA announced a collaboration to demonstrate a working nuclear thermal rocket by 2027 with the goal of sending humans to Mars as quickly as...
Lockheed, BWXT to build nuclear-powered spacecraft, engine
C4ISRNET via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and NASA selected Lockheed Martin and BWX...
NASA, DARPA to launch nuclear rocket to orbit by early 2026
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNASA and DARPA plan to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Earth orbit in the next few years, to...
NASA and DARPA are planning a nuclear powered rocket by 2027
SYFY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn SYFY’s upcoming deep space science fiction series The Ark, humanity’s last hope of survival is...
7 Space Concepts That Were Too Wild for NASA
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt boggles the mind to think of all the wondrous things that NASA has achieved since its inception in 1958, but it’s equally astounding to think about...
How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA composite image showing a nuclear blast, and a logo and promotional writing from the US Atomic...