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Nuclear In Space / ‘Aggressive R&D Programme’ Needed For NASA To Develop Propulsion Technology, Says Report

By Kamen Kraev
17 February 2021

Obstacles remain in the way of a proposed 2039 manned flight to Mars
‘Aggressive R&D Programme’ Needed For NASA To Develop Propulsion Technology, Says Report
Illustration of a NASA transit habitat and nuclear propulsion system that could one day take astronauts to Mars. Image courtesy NASA,
US space agency NASA will need an “aggressive” development programme to overcome a number of challenges related to space nuclear propulsion technology for a proposed manned mission to Mars to become possible in 2039, a report found.

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