Reaching Alpha Centauri within a single human lifetime has long sounded like science fiction, yet a new generation of nuclear pulse concepts is forcing that timeline into serious discussion. The idea ...
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Project Orion Nuclear Pulse Rocket
Using conventional rocket technology, it is estimated that it would take nearly 165,000 years for a spacecraft to reach Alpha Centauri, the closest planetary system to Earth's Solar System. New ...
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Mission Mars: Nuclear thermal propulsion could double efficiency of rockets
MIT master’s student Taylor Hampson is advancing research into nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP), thanks ...
The Space Age framed nuclear propulsion as a quiet rethinking of movement, distance, and endurance beyond Earth.
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