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The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion(arstechnica.com)

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Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter.

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Definitely a mission to keep an eye on, but when Orion drive?

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