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Nasa & Darpa announce demonstrator nuclear rocket test in space by 2027.
Why significant? Dual-mode has 2x to 5x higher thrust in thermal rocket mode, or it can create huge specific impulse in electric mode (working like an ion engine).
Enables reasonable travel speeds across the solar system. Plus. Since the reaction mass doesn’t burn, it can pick up water for example at it’s destination and ”refuel”.
#nuclear #rocket #demonstrator #space #travel
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-darpa-will-test-nuclear-engine-for-future-mars-missions
NASANASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars MissionsNASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missions to Mars.