▲ 190 ▼ The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by thejml@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter.
[–] Bimfred@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago Definitely a mission to keep an eye on, but when Orion drive? permalink fedilink source