The new generation of nuclear space engines.

And that story of traveling from Earth and landing on Mars in just 45 days was back in the spotlight, but this time it seems that it can really come true thanks to the new generation of nuclear space engines, the Space Nuclear Powered Corporation also known as SpaceNukes has just been named as an industrial partner and a program to develop a new space propulsion system based on nuclear fission coupled to electric thrusters capable of reducing the travel time that today would take between 6 and 9 months with conventional technology.

The key is the combination of an advanced fission reactor that heats and generates constant energy with highly efficient electric propulsion, capable of continuously accelerating spacecraft in a vacuum, according to SpaceNukes. The objective of this innovation is to make rapid interplanetary exploration viable, starting with Mars, with engines up to 25 times more efficient than chemical ones, these ships will have more freedom of maneuver, lower total weight and will be safer for long-duration missions.

In collaboration with the University of Michigan, the Spar program will oversee the development of a second-generation reactor, designed to operate at higher temperatures and drastically reduce the total mass of the ship. SpaceNukes has already approved its Crusty reactor, a project validated in 2018. Now with the new generation, the company aims to create lighter, more efficient and adaptable reactors for both civil and military missions. Although propulsion is the central focus, integration with advanced AI and automation systems will be essential for the autonomous management of the spacecraft. navigation, maneuvering and crew safety during interplanetary travel.

The exploration of Mars and beyond will create more missions and projects in all areas, which will be faster, more frequent and safer, and interplanetary colonization will reduce the health risks of astronauts due to prolonged exposure to space radiation.

There will be military and civil applications from interplanetary payloads to planetary defense; integration with AI, imagine large data centers located in specific points in space where the AI ​​would be receiving both direct solar and nuclear energy, it is a fact that a technology like this, fully developed, would lead humanity to enter a new era of space exploration, where the time between two planets will no longer be measured in months but in weeks, because by mastering fission in a vacuum we break the limit of waiting and put humanity on a path of no return towards the unknown and perhaps the greatest impact of this technology will not be on Mars, but here on Earth.

When we look at the sky and know that now going there is just a matter of choice.

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