NASA's Nuclear Focus Aimed At 2009 Mars Lander

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Science Laboratory at February 18, 2004 12:00 PM

NASA’s nuclear future promises more maneuverable, longer-lasting spacecraft and rovers with more onboard power than scientists know what to do with. Nuclear propulsion and power systems also could greatly reduce travel times to distant planets and supply energy to future planetary settlements, said Al Newhouse, director of NASA’s Project Prometheus nuclear power and propulsion program.