NASA joins forces with DARPA on effort to demonstrate nuclear rocket for Mars trips
GeekWire
JANUARY 24, 2023
Now DARPA and NASA will be working together on the next two rounds of the DRACO program, which call for a commercial contractor to design and then build a rocket capable of carrying a General Atomics fission reactor safely into space for testing. The current plan envisions an in-space demonstration in fiscal year 2027.
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