This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Every year, companies and space agencies launch ...
NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.
NASA is backing a new generation of nuclear rockets that could compress the months-long journey to Mars into a sprint measured in weeks. The most ambitious concepts on the table promise crewed trips ...