Nuclear Thermal Rocket Stage Seen Costing ‘Ones of Billions’
Credit: Nuclear-thermal stage: NASA
Development of a deep-space propulsion system that uses hydrogen superheated by a nuclear fission reaction for highly efficient in-space propulsion could move rapidly with enough funding and industry cooperation, according to Todd May, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). May, who...
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