Could a nuclear thermal rocket engine power a trip to Mars? NASA and DARPA test
Artist’s concept of the DRACO (Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations) spacecraft, which will demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Nuclear thermal propulsion technology could be used for future NASA crewed missions to Mars. 1 credit DARPA) recently announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for …
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