Idaho National Laboratory: Space - the Next Frontier - Requires Innovation in Nuclear Fuel Design and Testing
October 22, 2019
October 22, 2019
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release:
To go where no man has gone before (and to get back) will require quite a bit of oomph. All that energy must come from somewhere. Traditional chemical rocket fuels could work for some missions, but nuclear-based propulsion systems have several advantages.
Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) rockets use a nuclear reaction to heat liquid hydrogen. . . .
To go where no man has gone before (and to get back) will require quite a bit of oomph. All that energy must come from somewhere. Traditional chemical rocket fuels could work for some missions, but nuclear-based propulsion systems have several advantages.
Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) rockets use a nuclear reaction to heat liquid hydrogen. . . .