Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter.
So excited to see nuclear thermal propulsion actually flying. We were so close with project NERVA back in the 70s
astropenguin5@lemmy.world 1 year ago
KSP is finally starting to become reality! For those who haven’t played, there is an equivalent engine in the game called the “Nerv” which functions on the same principle, and is an incredibly useful engine. It’s cool to see this idea finally be developed into a real system