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Nuclear Rocket Fuel Test Success Paves the Way for Faster Space Travel
While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.
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NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions
NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...
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Russia’s plasma engine could reach Mars in 30 days, drastically reduce space travel time
Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...
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nuclear propulsion
we can glean some information about the molten salt reactor design that will be used, along with how this fits into the whole picture of nuclear marine propulsion.
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Mars in 30 days? Russia unveils prototype of plasma rocket engine
A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...
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USS Harry S. Truman involved in collision near Egypt
The U.S. Navy reported that the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman collided with a large merchant vessel Wednesday night in the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said, Egypt.
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Atom for Space: Nuclear Propulsion for Interstellar Navigation
‘Outer space’ is fast becoming the new economic and strategic high ground. During the last few decades, prominent countries have ventured into outer space and many of them dream of ...