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Sunbird: Nuclear fusion rocket by UK firm could cut Mars travel time by 50%
NASA’s NERVA program, for example, was cut in 1973, despite promising results. It was cut due to budget cutbacks and a call to focus on the Space ... his nuclear electric propulsion engine ...
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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 ...
A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years
Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...
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Pulsar unveils nuclear fusion rocket concept
The Sunbird concept is for the fusion-powered ‘tugs’ to be permanently based in space, able to dock with spacecraft and ...
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Pulsar Fusion’s Sunbird Unveiled: Nuclear Powered Rocket to Slash Interplanetary Travel Times
Pulsar Fusion has a history of groundbreaking achievements in propulsion, including its 2023 UK Space Agency-funded work on integrated nuclear fission power systems for electric propulsion ...