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Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rockets - conduct nuclear fission reactions similar to those employed at nuclear power plants including submarines. The energy is used to heat the liquid hydrogen propellant. Courtesy of NASA Glenn Research Center

Nuclear propulsion includes a wide variety of propulsion methods that fulfill the promise of the Atomic Age by using some form of nuclear reaction as their primary power source.

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• Related: Project Pluto, Nuclear aircraft, Robert W. Bussard

RKA home page in English RKA home page in English www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?lang=en - Web

Russian Space Program Russian Space Program www.space-ru.com - Web

Atomic Rockets -- Realistic Designs Atomic Rockets -- Realistic Designs www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3ap.html - Web

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RW Bussard, An advanced fusion energy system for o... RW Bussard, An advanced fusion energy system for outer-planet space propulsion, 2003 www.aresinstitute.org/.../Advanced%20Fusion%20Energy%20System.pdf - Web

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