History and mystery surround NASA’s 2028 nuclear Mars mission

Fission-powered space flight, a 60-year dream, would supercharge outer Solar System exploration.

“A lot of folks at NASA don’t even understand all the details of what’s going on.”

https://www.science.org/content/article/history-and-mystery-surround-nasa-s-2028-nuclear-mars-mission

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And if he keeps cutting sciences, there WILL be no one

@pomarede Would more or less be a small-scale test of the basic technology. Do the reactor and the electrical generating systems weigh less than conventional fuel?