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Space travel to Mars and beyond may only be possible through the use of nuclear rocket technology, NASA suggests. Such spacecraft would be much faster than conventional craft, cutting the length of the mission and thereby reducing radiation exposure to astronauts.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-rocket-puts-Mars-within-reach
A new era of space exploration is dawning through the application of nuclear energy for rovers on Mars and the Moon, power generation at future bases on the surfaces of both and soon for rockets that enable interplanetary travel.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 27 July 2012
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-a-stepping-stone-to-space-exploration