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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussia was testing a nuclear powered rocket.
Do we have such a weapon?
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)doc03
(35,321 posts)than anyone else.
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)As far too dangerous. Russia seems to have learned the lesson the hard way.
Below poster says 60's, they may be correct.
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)If I knew?
Eugene
(61,846 posts)@realDonaldTrump
The United States is learning much from the failed missile explosion in Russia. We have similar, though more advanced, technology. The Russian Skyfall explosion has people worried about the air around the facility, and far beyond. Not good!
5:26 PM · Aug 12, 2019
Link to tweet
Why the U.S. Abandoned Nuclear-Powered Missiles More Than 50 Years Ago
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a28690053/russia-nuclear-powered-missile-skyfall/
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)dumbcat
(2,120 posts)not a missile. And it was a while ago.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,919 posts)We started development of one back in the 1960s. It didn't go anywhere beyond engine testing.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Although I am unsure whether it was used while they were in our solar system (if I remember, they also had solar panels). The nuclear power source was to take them through interstellar space, until it ran out.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Each one has a RTG. Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator.
I believe they are still functioning. NASA has shutoff unneeded equipment on them in order to preserve power.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHW-RTG
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)uponit7771
(90,329 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Voyager I and II have nuclear power sources that now have them in interstellar space.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)That'll show 'em!