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NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions

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Nuclear thermal propulsion ( NTP ) technologies still have a way to go before we could blast astronauts through space on a nuclear rocket.

General Atomics tested a new NTP reactor fuel to find out if the fuel could function in the extreme conditions of spaceflight.

NTP rockets could be much faster than the rockets we use today , which are propelled by chemical fuel.

NASA hopes to launch a demonstration of a nuclear thermal rocket engine as early as 2027 .

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