NASA and DARPA Tap Lockheed Martin for a Nuclear Propulsion Demonstration
“The DRACO program aims to give the nation leap-ahead propulsion capability,” said DARPA program managerachieves high thrust similar to in-space chemical propulsion but is two-to-three-times more efficient, she said, add that,we could significantly advance humanity’s means for going faster and farther in space and pave the way for the future deployment for all fission-based nuclear space technologies.
Reducing travel time to the Moon, Mars, and other locations in the solar system will subsequently reduce the amount of supplies needed for transit, which in turn can free up space for additional scientific payloads and more efficient communications equipment, NASA previously said. Faster trips are safer trips since astronauts will spend less time being pelted by cosmic radiation while moving through space.
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