Nuclear propulsion could enable humanity to reach farther into space than ever before.
Sevecek added that RocketRoll will deliver an overview of existing European experience, technology, and industrial capabilities for the development of a nuclear-propelled spacecraft. Additionally, the study will provide a conceptual design of a nuclear electric propulsion engine. The team says it will consider the safety constraints of a NEP system from the early stages of the design.
"The use of nuclear-based electric propulsion for demanding space missions has been addressed in a number of studies in the past," Frýbort, said."Thanks to the current technologies, this topic is once again relevant within Europe." When the results of RocketRoll are delivered next year, they could form the basis of further ESA programs that look at the feasibility of NEP spacecraft that could be operational by 2035, if all goes according to plan.
NASA has opened its own program to study the use of nuclear rockets. The agency is partnering with the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to
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