NASA Forges Ahead With Space Nuclear Propulsion Concept Studies

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Visionary view of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) enabled spacecraft mission outward bound.
Credit: NASA
NASA, working in concert with the Department of Energy (DOE), has selected three reactor design concepts for space nuclear propulsion systems using high-assay, low-enriched uranium fuel. The contracts to be awarded through the DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are each valued at about $5 million...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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