Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m really excited for the potential for truly massive deep space probes, even though my favorite propulsion system is solar-thermal