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Russia Plans to Test Nuclear Power Generation at ISS
By 2016.10.27 0 Comments Read More →

Russia Plans to Test Nuclear Power Generation at ISS

The Russian newspaper TASS has an intriguing, but agonizingly scant on details article about plans to use the International Space Station to a test elements of a “megawatt class” nuclear propulsion system. “Specifically, Roscosmos expects to receive “proposals on the rational structure of key elements, systems and items of a perspective nuclear propulsion unit intended […]

Posted in: International Space Station, Russian Space
Ad Astra Begins Work on NASA Contract for VASIMR Deep Space Engine
By 2015.08.12 0 Comments Read More →

Ad Astra Begins Work on NASA Contract for VASIMR Deep Space Engine

It’s certainly not warp drive, but one of the more exciting concepts for deep space propulsion is a making a significant step towards development with the following press release from Ad Astra Rocket Company. (comments follow) PRESS RELEASE 081015, August 10, 2015 Ad Astra Rocket Company and NASA move to execution phase of NextSTEP VASIMR® […]

Posted in: Advanced propulsion
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