NASA and its partners have successfully tested a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel that could revolutionize deep-space ...
NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...
While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.
The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived ... we are the first company to use the compact fuel element ...
Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars ... Nuclear has better ISP and thrust specs so we ...
a rocket would use a nuclear reactor to heat propellant – most likely hydrogen. The thermal energy generated by nuclear fission in that reactor would be harnessed for propulsion. Recently ...
A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully ... “To the best of our knowledge, we are the first company to use the compact fuel element environmental test ...
Instead of burning chemical propellant, a rocket would use a nuclear reactor to heat propellant – most likely hydrogen. The thermal energy generated by nuclear fission in that reactor would be ...
more specifically into something called Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP). The concept requires a uranium nuclear core where atoms are split to release heat, and a fuel like liquid hydrogen ...
General Atomics and NASA have successfully tested a new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor ... a long way off from building a proper rocket propulsion system. But if General Atomics ...