NASA’s Road Map Toward Possible Nuclear Rocket Flight Demo

Credit: NASA
With the capability of generating high thrust and 100% more specific impulse than the best chemical rockets, the time and cost-saving potential of nuclear thermal rockets (NTR) for deep-space missions is once again gaining interest at NASA. Although never flown, the NTR concept is relatively simple...

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