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New Nuclear Engine Concept Could Get Us to Mars in 3 Months
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New Nuclear Engine Concept Could Get Us to Mars in 3 Months

USNC-Tech has developed a nuclear engine that could reduce travel time to Mars by more than half.

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Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech), a Seattle-based nuclear tech company, has delivered a concept to NASA that it believes can reduce travel time to Mars by about half — to three months rather than approximately seven with the best current technology.

The company says its Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) engine concept is safer than other similar proposed models and that it is much more efficient than a chemical rocket.