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Project Bifrost: (Fission) Rockets of the Future?

astroengine writes "Researchers from Icarus Interstellar Inc. and General Propulsion Science have announced their intention to pursue the development of Nuclear Thermal Rockets and other fission-based space technologies. The aim? To revolutionize space travel, ultimately paving the way to the goal of sending a probe to another star."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

from Slashdot http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/21/0927258/project-bifrost-fission-ro...