MrGraveyards t1_j5sxejd wrote on January 25, 2023 at 9:48 AM

Reply to comment by 07tartutic07 in NASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions by Gari_305

Yeah it hasn't been done before, but the designs are out there for quite some time. This is really a good way to travel faster within our solar system. Not super fast or anything, but faster.

ConfirmedCynic t1_j5t3kh9 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 11:11 AM

More than just designs, they were testing firing one (NERVA) for a while.

MrGraveyards t1_j5tgb80 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 1:23 PM

Oh yes that is true.

07tartutic07 t1_j5umigv wrote on January 25, 2023 at 6:05 PM

Oh I didn't read that part