09-30-2015, 10:23 AM
(09-28-2015, 10:35 AM)Pye-rate Wrote: The history of nuclear rockets
http://gizmodo.com/5992441/how-nasas-nuclear-rockets-will-take-us-way-beyond-mars
Thanks, that's a really good article. I sure hope NASA is able to resume nuclear propulsion R&D for real (not just on paper). Nothing else would have as big an impact on opening the solar system. ...And it seems like the sort of thing that would be very hard for private companies to do first (though I'm sure they could improve on it, once it's been proven to work).
Joe Strout
Lead Developer, High Frontier