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Nuclear Rocket Fuel Test Success Paves the Way for Faster Space Travel
A new test of nuclear propellant fuel under space-like conditions has been hailed as a success by NASA and General Atomics ...
Scientists Are Getting Closer to a Better Source of Rocket Fuel: Good Ol’ Water
Project, the University of Bologna will be developing a new electric thruster for rockets that is propelled by water being turned into plasma through electrolysis. While prototypes of water-powered ...
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NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions
Rockets propelled by ... To test the fuel, General Atomics took the samples and subjected them to six thermal cycles that used hot hydrogen to rapidly increase the temperature to 2600 degrees ...
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China Creates Rocket Fuel In Orbit With Just Carbon Dioxide, Water And Electricity
Space is the only place where rocket fuel could be more precious than water. The China Manned Space Agency announced last month that taikonauts on the ongoing Shenzhou-19 mission successfully ...