NASA Set To Select Nuclear Power Developers For Future Mars Missions

Nuclear electric-propulsion spacecraft concepts feature large radiators to reject waste heat into space by thermal radiation.
Credit: NASA
More than sixty years after the U.S. began serious studies into nuclear propulsion for space travel, NASA is taking the first steps on a new path to develop nuclear-powered engines for crewed missions to Mars by the end of the next decade. The agency is reviewing industry responses to the first...

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