The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel with ...
Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has long called Los Angeles home. He's had a lifelong obsession with cars and motorcycles (both old and new). One of the cool ...
Many automakers are on a mission to make their internal combustion engines better at turning fuel into energy. Friday, Nissan says that it reached a breakthrough to reach 50 percent thermal efficiency ...
Mazda has been vocal about its plan to continue developing internal combustion engines despite a major industry push towards electification and EVs. The company displayed its innovative Skyactiv-X ...
Present-day spaceships, no matter if they're meant to carry people or not, are powered either by solar energy or chemical fuel, or a combination of the two. But if we are to expand humankind's ...
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