A key program in the 1960s, called the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application, even sought to demonstrate the technology in space — but that never came to fruition.

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EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Space Engine Systems is expanding their engineering and business teams in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In their drive to ...

Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire engine test for its Nova launch vehicle, which the company calls the "most robust, fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift rocket in the world." ...

But aerogel isn’t strong enough to contain the fuel particles needed for the nuclear space engine without them breaking apart. That is why the design also calls for a superconducting magnent ...

And Lockheed Martin designed the Space Shuttle successor—the X-33 spaceplane—with aerospike engines in mind, though the project was eventually scrapped. Lockheed Martin ...

Interesting. From Wikipedia: "11B is also a candidate as a fuel for aneutronic fusion. When struck by a proton with energy of about 500 keV, it produces three alpha particles and 8.7 MeV of energy.

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The space shuttle’s main engine was mothballed with the program in 2011. Now NASA believes it’s the future of interplanetary travel. By Joe Pappalardo Updated: Apr 26, 2022 11:06 AM EDT ...

On Tuesday, Stoke Space announced the firing of its first stage rocket engine for the first time earlier this month, briefly igniting it for about two seconds. The company declared the June 5 test ...

Stoke Space scores a success in first test firing of engine for reusable Nova booster by Alan Boyle on June 11, 2024 at 1:33 pm June 11, 2024 at 1:34 pm Share 56 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...