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- Atomic Rocket https://projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/index.php 64 comments
- Torchships – Atomic Rockets (2012) http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/torchships.php 19 comments
- Atomic Bombs require Rocket Control Units in 0.17! https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/aaag2d/friday_facts_275_017_science_changes/ecrte99/ 4 comments factorio
- Atomic Rockets: A very comprehensive resource on all things interstellar space travel http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/index.php 15 comments space
- NASA plans to review atomic rocket program http://newatlas.com/nasa-atomic-rocket/50857/ 1401 comments space
- NASA Is Bringing Back Cold War-Era Atomic Rockets to Get to Mars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/nasa-is-bringing-back-cold-war-era-atomic-rockets-to-get-to-mars 6 comments technews
- NASA Is Bringing Back Cold War-Era Atomic Rockets to Get to Mars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/nasa-is-bringing-back-cold-war-era-atomic-rockets-to-get-to-mars?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social 4 comments worldnews
- North Korea warned today that the United States is now within the range of its strategic rockets and atomic weapons, and stressed it is now a country that can protect itself from foreign aggression. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2013/02/27/26/0401000000aen20130227010200315f.html 5 comments politics
- NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions - Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time it takes us to get to Mars. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/tech/nasa-and-general-atomics-test-nuclear-fuel-for-future-moon-and-mars-missions 39 comments futurology
- For the first time, researchers have synthesized K₂N₆, an exotic compound containing “rings” comprised by six nitrogen atoms each and packing explosive amounts of energy. The experiment takes us one step closer to novel nitrogen-rich materials that would be applicable as explosives or rocket fuel. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-022-00925-0 815 comments science
- NASA Is Bringing Back Cold War-Era Atomic Rockets to Get to Mars: Nuclear-powered spacecraft would cut travel time to the Red Planet https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/nasa-is-bringing-back-cold-war-era-atomic-rockets-to-get-to-mars 14 comments technology
- NASA Is Bringing Back Cold War-Era Atomic Rockets to Get to Mars: Nuclear-powered spacecraft would cut travel time to the Red Planet https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/nasa-is-bringing-back-cold-war-era-atomic-rockets-to-get-to-mars 341 comments space
- new recipe for relativistic rockets: build spacecraft, power it by an atom sized million ton artificial black hole, feed it, turn high energy emissions into thrust... http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/28/spaceships-now-with-black-hole-reactors/ 5 comments science
- "We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions ... Most European capitals are targets for our air force" - Martin van Creveld, Israeli military historian and theorist http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/sep/21/israelandthepalestinians.bookextracts 7 comments politics