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Mission Mars: Nuclear thermal propulsion could double efficiency of rockets
In an MIT News report, Hampson highlighted the financial difficulty of developing NTP. “Sure, you can get double the ...
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Who invented the modern rocket engine?
Modern spaceflight rests on a deceptively simple idea: a machine that carries its own fuel and oxidizer, then hurls exhaust backward fast enough to push itself forward. The person who first turned ...
The reusability of different parts of a space rocket has opened the doors to a literal flood of launches to Earth orbit and beyond. Thanks to the fact that space companies now no longer have to make a ...
SpaceX currently controls nearly every rocket launch on Earth. With 98% of global orbital launches under its belt, Elon Musk's company has become the de facto gatekeeper to space. While China is still ...
Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will review that the nuclear thermal rocket program ...
The rise of the commercial space industry precipitated a steeper decline at Rocketdyne. Boeing sold the Rocketdyne division ...
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