4 February 2021, 7:35 am EST By
The trip to Mars will be long and arduous for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts, that s why the space agency is looking at possible solutions to help shorten travel time, and among the possibilities is using a nuclear-powered rocket.
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USNC-Tech proposed using nuclear-powered rocket to shorten travel time to Mars.
Dangers of Prolonged Space Travel
According to CNN, the proposal to use a nuclear-powered rocket comes from the company called Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech), which is based in Seattle, Washington, United States.
The company proposed using nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) engine to bring humans to Mars, which NASA is planning to achieve by 2035.