NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build the nuclear rocket that’ll take us to Mars

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NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build the nuclear rocket that’ll take us to Mars

NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build the nuclear rocket that’ll take us to Mars

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Published 26 Jul 2023

NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build the nuclear rocket that’ll take us to Mars BTX Technologies will provide the reactor and fuel. NASA and DARPA have chosen aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin to develop a spacecraft with a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Announced in January, the…

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