The recent news that NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are teaming up to build a nuclear thermal propulsion rocket and test it in 2027 was welcomed by advocates of space exploration. The technology would cut the time for humans to voyage to Mars in half or even more. It would also be useful for deep space planetary voyages, such as the proposed flagship mission to Uranus. NASA has been working on nuclear propulsion for several years. Linda Billings, a consultant for NASA's Astrobiology Program and Planetary Defense Coordination Office, is not very thrilled by the news. She tweeted, “The concern here is what could happen on the launch pad, also manufacturing t
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