Rocket Cut Mars Journey Time To Six Weeks

It is announced that the thrust of nuclear propelled rocket and the chemical rocket has same but the weight of the chemical rocket is half and it makes it quicker. Now Russia has made plan to test the nuclear engine and it will help the cosmonauts to take it to the Mars in next six weeks.

The conventional chemical rocket achieved the current 18 months journey time and now Russia can lead in the race in the countries to reach to the Red Planet. It is said that the test is going to be conducted in next two years and the researchers of NASA comes to the similar technology with the countries to help to take the humans to the planet. It is found that nuclear propelled rocket has the same thrust if it is compared with chemical rocket but the weight of the rocket is half than the later.

The rocket has great potential to take the larger cargo and it allows the craft to be ready for mid flight and it does not need to stick to the defined trajectory. The on-board nuclear fission reactor is used in the nuclear powered rockets to heat propellant. The in-charge of nuclear group, Rosatom, Sergey Kirienko told that the nuclear powered unit helps to reach to Mars in one to one and it will take only two weeks with the capability for the maneuvering and acceleration.

It is also said that the engine of today life can reach Mars in a year and half and this project costs for £200 m and it was seen by the space agency of the country, RosCosmos. The engineers of NASA have been working on the similar project and now the agency is also going to work on the manned mission to reach to the Red Planet in 2030s.

To create plasma, Uranium would be used to give heat to the liquid hydrogen and it would push to rocket nozzle for the creation of thrust.