An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses nuclear fission and could one day power a rocket that makes ...
It’s also similar to the concept of nuclear thermal propulsion, but instead of using heat from a nuclear reaction, it relies on externally-supplied laser energy. A recent paper suggests such a ...
Lockheed Martin and BWX Technologies are strategic partners for several U.S. government programs that seek to harness nuclear thermal and electric propulsion for civil space missions that could be ...
But for now, he says, there are other better options, such as nuclear thermal electric propulsion. Another idea is to use chemical rockets to lift off from Earth and to land on Mars. But for the ...
“Given the evidence presented here, I see a compelling case made that China seems to be working towards building a nuclear propulsion system for its naval surface ships (likely aircraft ...
It has developed leading expertise in thermal and power engineering, flight vehicle power engineering, and nuclear reactor engineering. At the HIT Plasma Propulsion Lab (HPPL), headed by Daren Yu ...
Research by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California revealed that China is actively working on a nuclear propulsion system for a carrier-sized warship. It marks a ...