nuclear electric propulsion

Op-ed | It’s Time for Congress to Order the Nuclear Option

by David Steitz — September 8, 2022

As NASA finally launches the first Space Launch System mission, America is failing to invest in critical space propulsion technology needed to send astronauts to Mars.

From the Magazine MarsNASAnuclear electric propulsionnuclear thermal propulsion

Report recommends NASA accelerate space nuclear propulsion development

by Jeff Foust — February 12, 2021

NASA needs to pursue “aggressive” development of space nuclear propulsion technologies if the agency wants to use them for human missions to Mars in the next two decades, a report by a National Academies committee concluded.

Civil NASAnuclear electric propulsionnuclear thermal propulsion