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NASA Report Recommends “Aggressive” Funding for Nuclear-Powered Mars Mission – Futurism
“…Significant acceleration in the pace of technology maturation is required if NASA and its partners are to complete this mission within the stated timeline.”
If they can pull it off, it could allow human exploration of the solar system.
Blasting Off
NASA has been lagging behind in its push to create nuclear-powered spacecraft, and it will need to work a lot harder if it wants to have one ready for a 2039 crewed mission to Mars.
Thats according to a new NASA-sponsored report by the National Academies, which found that the space agency will need to find aggressive funding into nuclear propulsion, according to Space News. If it doesnt make up for lost time,…
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