What if we kept pursuing nuclear spacecraft propulsion? Submitted by rosTopicEchoChamber t3_zxuwtv on December 29, 2022 at 3:53 AM in space 159 comments 318
stewartm0205 t1_j2brri2 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:04 AM A tug would have been a dumb idea. Thrust would have been sufficient for a rocket leaving orbit. A factor of 2 or 3 in ISP makes a big difference if you are going interplanetary. Permalink 1
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