Scientists have developed a new form of nuclear propulsion that they claim could slash mission times to Mars and enable voyages to the farthest reaches of the solar system. A team from Ohio State ...
Russia and China are working hard for a nuclear-powered advantage in space. The U.S. must up its game. Elsayed Talaat is president and chief executive officer of the Universities Space Research ...
Jim Bickford is leading the Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) project to develop a system for propelling a craft through space faster and farther than ever before. This technology has ...
Introduction -- Rocket engine fundamentals -- Nuclear rocket engine cycles -- Interplanetary mission analysis -- Basic nuclear structure and processes -- Neutron flux energy distribution -- Neutron ...
Aside from seeking shelter from radioactive fallout, it pays to have the right survival kit.