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Applications in Space :: Nuclear

How Stuff Works: How Fusion Propulsion Will Work - Shows how building a fusion-powered spacecraft would be equivalent of developing a car on Earth that can travel twice as fast as any car with a fuel efficiency of 7,000 miles per gallon.
Meta Description: [ Using current rocket engine technology, a trip to Mars takes seven months. Fusion propulsion would cut that trip in half. Find out what fusion is and how it could speed up space travel. ]

Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute - Researching square lattice honeycomb ternary carbide fuels and nuclear electric propulsion based on gaseous and liquid fuel reactors with magnetohydrodynamic power generation systems, among other things.

NERVA - The Nuclear Engines for Rocket Vehicle Applications project. Started by the Atomic Energy Commission and NASA in 1961 and cancelled in 1971 due to radiation worries and a lack of interest from NASA.

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion - Federation of American Scientists' review of the topic.

NuclearSpace - The goal is to promote the use of nuclear power in space and to further enhance the manned exploration of our solar system.
Meta Description: [ NuclearSpace.com - Our Mission: To promote the use of nuclear power in space, to further enhance the manned exploration of our solar system. ]