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Lockheed Martin's DRACO Nuclear Spacecraft Will Be Insane, Set To Orbit By 2027
Lockheed Martin's DRACO Nuclear Spacecraft Will Be Insane, Set To Orbit By 2027

2 Aug 2023, 17:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Reducing transit time is vital for human missions to Mars to limit a crew's exposure to radiation," declared Kirk Shireman.

 
Los Alamos NERVA: The American Nuclear Engine That Could Have Taken Humans to Mars
Los Alamos NERVA: The American Nuclear Engine That Could Have Taken Humans to Mars

18 Dec 2022, 16:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We don't blame you if you're shocked the United States wielded a nuclear spacecraft engine as far back as the 1960s. Or that hardly anyone remembers it.