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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 152 — Atomic Rockets II: Nuclear Electric Boogaloo
On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...
Pentagon is closely monitoring Russia and China test military capabilities in space
US military officials believe Russia and China are aggressively testing new offensive space capabilities, pointing to a ...
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the Sun’s light can feel on Earth.
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Pulsar Fusion’s Sunbird: The Nuclear Rocket That Could Take Us to Mars Faster
Imagine cutting a trip to Mars in half. That’s the promise of Sunbird, a groundbreaking nuclear fusion rocket concept ...
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Pulsar Fusion unveils nuclear fusion rocket concept for space travel
The Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket concept has the potential to more than halve the time to travel to Mars and cut travel time ...
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Faster and Safer Version of Zubrins Nuclear Salt Water Rocket- Practical Interstellar Travel for Humans
AI gives a thumbs up to Brett Bellmore innovative modifications to Robert Zubrin’s Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR).
Designing Nuclear-Armed Rockets To Destroy Doomsday Asteroids
A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an asteroid set to strike Earth - in a simulation.
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Ultimate Nuclear Salt Water Rocket 7.6% of Light Speed
Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR) is a rocket that uses known physics and engineering and there are versions that could reach ...
Space Force wants six kinds of space weapons—including anti-satellite lasers
Saltzman said the Space Force categorizes adversarial space weapons in six categories—three that are space-based and three ...
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Aerogel and uranium could be the keys to building a revolutionary space engine
Now, ideas for a nuclear space engine could solve at least one of those problems. Getting anywhere in space takes time — a lot of time, in fact. One of NASA’s premiere destinations for human ...