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For decades, NASA has dreamed of building a rocket powerful enough to take humans to Mars - and now, that dream might finally come true. The agency is developing a nuclear-powered engine that could ...
If it proves successful, CNTR could allow future vehicles to travel farther using less fuel. Traditional chemical engines ...
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 ...
Recently the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published an editorial supporting the expansion of nuclear power production in Arkansas. The editorial correctly noted that nuclear power is "safe, clean and ...
Bechtel‘s plant machinery business has secured a potential $575.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy for various naval nuclear propulsion components. The Defense Department said ...