In 1958, Ford unveiled one of the most ambitious and bizarre concept cars ever imagined — the Ford Nucleon, a vehicle powered ...
The nuclear craze after the end of World War II was more than a trope to be dissected by modern films and video games. At one point, starting nearly eight decades ago to the day, post-war America ...
That something is nuclear propulsion. Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 ...
We all have things we like doing to unwind a bit in the evening. Maybe it’s enjoying a nice dinner before watching whatever the latest streaming hit is. Maybe it’s a tinker in your garage. For Jason, ...
The nuclear car made bold promises of ultra-long ranges and sustainability, but the sci-fi concepts are still decades – if not centuries – away from production. View post: Would You Be At Fault for ...
Engineers from Ohio State University are developing a new way to power rocket engines, using liquid uranium for a faster, more efficient form of nuclear propulsion that could deliver round trips to ...