Thin Film Nuclear Rocket With Californium for Fast Gravitational Lensing Missions
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6ZCET)
Jim Bickford is leading the Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) project to develop a system for propelling a craft through space faster and farther than ever before. This technology has the potential to enable speeds of 0.5% of light speed and near term capability for 0.1% of light speed. This would be ten ...