Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...
Why it matters: The journey all the way to Mars and back exacts a huge toll in ... NASA is working on a nuclear electric propulsion system that would involve robotically assembling a space ...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...