
NASA puts 300 million dollars on the table to test a nuclear rocket engine
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist August 15, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. 11 ©NASA The American agency is progressing on its DRACO project, for a demonstration in orbit of a stage propelled with a small nuclear fission reactor. The flight is planned for 2027, but there are still several technological obstacles to be developed. NASA hopes to…