The concept could one day capture incredibly detailed images of distant alien worlds.
The space agency's Institute of Advanced Concepts awarded a grant to a company called Positron Dynamics for the development of a novel type of nuclear fission fragment rocket engine .
Though the engines provide high specific impulses and power density, they also require a complex form of plasma levitation to work.points out, Positron Dynamics will leverage two breakthrough technologies to try to overcome this problem. The company will aim to put fissile material in an ultralight aerogel and also utilize a superconducting magnet to contain the fission particles.
Rather than sending a bar of uranium fuel to orbit, Positron Dynamics' solution would transport the fissile material in an incredibly lightweight aerogel core. The material could help solve the problem of transporting fuel to space, which would be impractical in the form of a bar of uranium. However, aside from the aerogel, the novel method also requires an incredibly powerful superconducting magnet to hold the material in place.
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