Nuclear Thermal Rockets Versus SpaceX Starship
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6TSG8)
Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will review that the nuclear thermal rocket program is taking and will take far longer. Also, triple the ISP does not cut the travel time by one third. There is no ...