Space Nuclear Propulsion Advances Seen As Crucial For Mars

Mark Carreau February 12, 2021
Artist's concept of NTP.
Credit: NASA
If NASA hopes to mount a human expedition to Mars by 2039 using nuclear in-space propulsion, it must make significant decisions linked to the architecture and funding this year, according to an independent assessment requested by the agency. The technology options, each requiring a reactor, are...
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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