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UK Space Agency, Rolls-Royce join forces aiming to halve travel time to Mars – 1News
It’s hoped nuclear-powered engines could get astronauts to the planet in three to four months.
Rolls-Royce and the UK Space Agency are working together on a project which could halve the time of space travel to Mars.
Mars.
Source: Associated Press
The aerospace company is hoping its nuclear-powered engines could help astronauts make it to Mars in three to four months, which is twice as fast as the most powerful chemical engines, according to The Guardian.
Using nuclear power in space was “a game-changing concept that could unlock future deep-space missions that take us to Mars and beyond”,…
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