Nuclear thermal propulsion systems have roughly twice the specific impulse of chemical rockets, which means they could cut the travel time by a factor of 2. But these pre-1973 designs relied on ...
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When it comes to crossing these great distances, conventional chemical rocket technology simply ... such a propulsion system could run at a specific impulse of around 3000 seconds.