{"id":159057,"date":"2023-02-26T17:22:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T23:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/nuclear-propulsion-how-close-are-we-to-the-expanse"},"modified":"2023-02-26T17:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T23:22:38","slug":"nuclear-propulsion-how-close-are-we-to-the-expanse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/nuclear-propulsion-how-close-are-we-to-the-expanse","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Propulsion \u2014 How close are we to the Expanse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nuclear Propulsion - How close are we to the Expanse?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k_EAArf3yJY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The future of space travel with my new YouTube video on nuclear propulsion! Learn how this technology can improve the propellant efficiency of chemical rockets, making it a viable option for crewed missions to Mars, and perhaps get us to the stars.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, compare nuclear propulsion to conventional chemical rockets such as the Saturn V and to the Epstein Drive from the Expanse.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Take your knowledge of space travel to the next level with our new YouTube video on nuclear propulsion!<\/p>\n<p>Discover how nuclear thermal propulsion technology can double the propellant efficiency of chemical rockets, making it a viable option for crewed missions to Mars. We\u2019ll also compare future nuclear propulsion to conventional chemical rockets like the Saturn V and even the Epstein Drive from the Expanse TV series.<\/p>\n<p>In our video, you\u2019ll learn about the theory, design, and operation of nuclear propulsion engines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/nuclear-propulsion-how-close-are-we-to-the-expanse\">Continue reading \u201cNuclear Propulsion \u2014 How close are we to the Expanse?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future of space travel with my new YouTube video on nuclear propulsion! Learn how this technology can improve the propellant efficiency of chemical rockets, making it a viable option for crewed missions to Mars, and perhaps get us to the stars. Plus, compare nuclear propulsion to conventional chemical rockets such as the Saturn V [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":655,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}