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Writer Fuel: A Nuclear Rocket Could Get Us to Mars in 45 Days

Demonstration for the Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft - DARPA

NASA has revealed plans to create a nuclear-powered rocket that could send astronauts to Mars in just 45 days. The agency, which has partnered with the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design the rocket, announced on Tuesday (Jan. 24) that it could build a working nuclear thermal rocket engine as soon as … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: NASA to Deflect Asteroid

DART asteroid deflection - NASA

Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today:  In the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster “Armageddon,” Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck race to save the Earth from being pulverized by an asteroid. … Read more