NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build the nuclear rocket that’ll take us to Mars: 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 initiative — in which BWX Technologies will provide the reactor and fuel — is dubbed the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO). https://www.engadget.com/nasa-picks-lockheed-martin-to-build-the-nuclear-rocket-thatll-take-us-to-mars-170035659.html
I wonder if they still go with the lowest bidder in typical government fashion for things like this or if the folks are NASA actually take the contractor who seems like the best option at the time that’s still within budget.
I love that nuclear energy is so dense that it’s more efficient to just superheat hydrogen with a nuclear reactor than it is to actually just burn the hydrogen.
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