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NASA’s new nuclear engine could transform space travel forever

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.
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With This Plasma Engine Prototype, The Possibility Of Traveling To Mars In 30 Days Gets Closer

A laboratory in Troitsk, Russia, may have just nudged humanity closer to interplanetary commuting. Scientists at Rosatom, the country's state nuclear corporation, have revealed a working prototype of ...
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Improving The Performance Of Electrodeless Plasma Thrusters For Space Propulsion

The magnetic nozzle rf plasma thruster operated in a Mega hpt vacuum chamber at Tohoku University CREDIT Kazunori Takahashi A Tohoku University researcher has increased the performance of a high-power ...
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To Mars and beyond, fast! : how plasma propulsion will revolutionize space exploration / Franklin Chang Diaz and Erik Seedhouse

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Helicon Plasma Propulsion and Magnetic Field Interactions

Helicon plasma propulsion represents a promising and multifaceted approach in the domain of electric space propulsion. At its core, the technology utilises helicon waves to generate high-density ...