Nuclear jump idea for Mars hopper

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 10:03 in Astronomy & Space

Future missions to Mars could benefit from a "hopper" engine that uses nuclear decay and the Martian atmosphere to hop a kilometre or more.

Read the whole article on BBC News: Science & Nature

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