Tag: Rocket
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NASA and DARPA to develop nuclear thermal rocket engine
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missions to Mars. DARPA and NASA have a long history of fruitful collaboration in advancing technologies Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, director, DARPA. The partnership, called the Demonstration Rocket for…