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On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space Research Association's Center for Space Nuclear Research, for a ...

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a nuclear fusion rocket concept developed in complete secrecy over the past decade. Sunbird represents a significant leap in space propulsion technology, with the potential to dramatically shorten ...