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“Utilizing nuclear electric propulsion allows for higher speeds with minimal fuel. This #technology leverages uranium-235 and ionized #xenon to provide continuous #thrust, potentially shortening future human voyages to just a few months.”

6M to 6W 🚀

#NASA / #NEP ☢️ / #U235 / #SR1Freedom / #Fission / #DOE #INL / #Mars 2028 <https://nasaspacenews.com/2026/04/nasas-2028-nuclear-mars-mission/> / <https://www.science.org/content/article/history-and-mystery-surround-nasa-s-2028-nuclear-mars-mission>

NASA’s 2028 nuclear Mars mission: Risky plan!

Nasa’s 2028 nuclear Mars mission aims to test Space Reactor-1 Freedom using nuclear electric propulsion. This ambitious project seeks to

NASA Space News
Show threadRobert HJun 20, 2025
@appassionato It's too bad the U.S no longer cares about scientific literacy. Separating 0.93% #Uranium to 3.5% for power plant use takes a lot of work. Separating 50% #U235 is relatively easy. Getting it to 90% is hard work again.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separative_work_units
Separative work units - Wikipedia

kayaniv hsalJun 13, 2025

All of this mess, eventually boils down to #Uranium enrichment and the geopolitics of it. So here is an explainer.

#U235

https://prowoke.substack.com/p/uranium-enrichment-geopolitics-explained

Uranium Enrichment: Geopolitics Explained

U-235 and the mad rush around it.

ProWoke
El Club De Los Físicos MuertosMay 21, 2023
What nonsense!
Natural uranium has 0.72%
of #U235 while depleted uranium has 0.3% of #U235
What has exploded in town of #Khmelnitski to the West of #Kiev,has been an ammunition store but it does not appear that depleted uranium there was in powder form of dust, so I doubt that a radioactive plume has been released.
If something has been detected over #Poland, it must be a smell of someone's fart
And yes,#uranium is #toxic
Both #uranium235 and #uranium238 are #radiotoxic