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Submitted by armchaircritic00 108d ago | news

'Nuclear-Thermal Propulsion' Tech Amongst NASA's 5-Year Research Wish List

NRM writes "The researching of technologies including radiation mitigation, solar power generation, extreme terrain mobility and nuclear-thermal propulsion might not be the first items that come to mind when thinking of your usual wish-list. But that's exactly the sort of technology listed in a new report conducted and published by the National Research Council for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that it says the organisation must prioritise in research over the next five years if it's to achieve its ground-breaking, long-term priorities and goals..." (Hi-tech, Industry, NASA)

SquishyGorilla  +   108d ago
It's amazing to see that even in times of funding cuts, we're still pushing space exploration. Love it!
GanjaMan  +   107d ago
lol you really think they are telling us everything that they have found/explored in space, the government only allows a selected amount of information to be released to us on what they think is suitable for the public to know.

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