NASA and DARP will collaborate on a project to develop nuclear thermal rockets that will shorten transit times to Mars, increase load capacity and generate more power.
with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to use a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, according to reports.
Both agencies will collaborate on the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations, or DRACO, program, under a"non-reimbursable agreement."The agreement, the release read, is designed to benefit both agencies while outlining roles, responsibilities and processes that could accelerate the program's development.
Additional benefits include increased science payload capacity and higher power generation for instruments and communications.that generates extremely high temperatures. NASA said the engine transfers that heat to a liquid propellant which is exhausted through a nozzle that propels the spacecraft.
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