Nuclear power needed for some space missions, ESA scientist says
NUCLEAR TRAVEL: The European Space Agency's Guiseppe Racca, the project manager for the SMART-1 moon orbiter program, agrees with NASA that nuclear propulsion is the way to go for some space missions. Solar-electric propulsion is good for missions where the sun can power the spacecraft, but Racca...
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