2. Nuclear thermal rocket concept
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NASA Reignites Program for Nuclear Thermal Rockets
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Figure 1 from The Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Stage (NTPS): A Key Space Asset for Human Exploration and Commercial Missions to the Moon
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Realistic Designs A-G - Atomic Rockets
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Project Rover: The original nuclear-powered rocket program -- ANS / Nuclear Newswire
NASA's 'Nuclear Option' May Be Crucial for Getting Humans to Mars
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PDF] Overview of High-Performance Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Propulsion System
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Why NASA wants to test a nuclear rocket engine for a Mars mission
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Nuclear pulse propulsion - Wikipedia
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Nuclear propulsion may be key for humanity getting to Mars, News
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Space Nuclear Propulsion - NASA
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