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Nuclear-powered spacecraft with 11,000-pound payload planned by US space firms
long-duration space missions. Particularly, nuclear energy offers a major advantage over standard solar panels by delivering ...
A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years
Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...
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A new nuclear spacecraft technology to explore the Solar System 🚀
A British start-up has unveiled an ambitious project that could transform space exploration. Their idea? Using nuclear fusion ...
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ExLabs seals space reactor deal
US startups ExLabs and Antares Industries, based in Southern California, have formed a strategic partnership to develop a ...
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nuclear pulse propulsion
Beyond mathematics and physics, Dyson would also express great interest in space exploration ... which used nuclear bombs for propulsion. In this article we’ll take a look at these and ...
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ExLabs, Antares to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft
The two California-based companies have formed a strategic partnership to develop the first commercial nuclear-powered ...
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Company claims their nuclear rocket can cut mission time to Mars in half
A British company says they developed a secret nuclear rocket that could cut in half the mission times to Mars. Pulsar Fusion ...
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Pulsar Fusion’s Sunbird Unveiled: Nuclear Powered Rocket to Slash Interplanetary Travel Times
Pulsar Fusion has a history of groundbreaking achievements in propulsion, including its 2023 UK Space Agency-funded work on integrated nuclear fission power systems for electric propulsion ...
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Rolls-Royce Seeks Space Partnerships for Lunar Nuclear Reactor
The micro-reactors are designed to be an energy source on the moon, supporting human habitation and supplying propulsion for further space ... the US and the UK signed in 2023 to explore space nuclear ...