<story><title>The US government is taking a step toward space-based nuclear propulsion</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/nasa-seeks-to-launch-a-nuclear-powered-rocket-engine-in-four-years/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>asu_thomas</author><text>[flagged]</text></item><item><author>mdorazio</author><text>Finally! This is one of the few fission uses I&amp;#x27;m genuinely excited about. Nuclear-thermal just makes so much sense for in-space propulsion of large vessels compared to chemical rockets.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>version_five</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s funny because it&amp;#x27;s this, turning inward and waging war on ourselves after there wasn&amp;#x27;t an obvious enemy anymore that&amp;#x27;s responsible for the decline the upstream comment was talking about. Post WWII through the 90s saw massive increases in global standard of living, 2020&amp;#x27;s the west has gone back to religious squabbles over absurd ideological things. &lt;i&gt;Watchmen&lt;/i&gt; had a similar idea.</text></comment>
<story><title>The US government is taking a step toward space-based nuclear propulsion</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/nasa-seeks-to-launch-a-nuclear-powered-rocket-engine-in-four-years/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>asu_thomas</author><text>[flagged]</text></item><item><author>mdorazio</author><text>Finally! This is one of the few fission uses I&amp;#x27;m genuinely excited about. Nuclear-thermal just makes so much sense for in-space propulsion of large vessels compared to chemical rockets.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zaptrem</author><text>Investment in space has historically led to a disproportionate return in economic growth.</text></comment>