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NASA’s new nuclear engine could transform space travel forever

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft. It is an attempt to rewrite the basic rules of how far, how fast, and how ...
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Principles of nuclear rocket propulsion / William Emrich, Jr

Introduction -- Rocket engine fundamentals -- Nuclear rocket engine cycles -- Interplanetary mission analysis -- Basic nuclear structure and processes -- Neutron flux energy distribution -- Neutron ...
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Thin Film Nuclear Rocket With Californium for Fast Gravitational Lensing Missions

Jim Bickford is leading the Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) project to develop a system for propelling a craft through space faster and farther than ever before. This technology has ...
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Jet, rocket, nuclear, ion, and electric propulsion; theory and design Edited and authored by W. H. T. Loh

Fundamentals of thermodynamics and aerodynamics -- Thermodynamic cycle analysis of gas turbines and air-breathing propulsion systems -- Aerodynamic design of axial flow compressors and turbines -- ...
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NASA Can Open Up the Solar System With Nuclear Propulsion

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...