AI & ML

Noodling on Nuclear Engines

One day in 1982, Joseph “Rod” Canion and two colleagues from Texas Instruments sat down at the House of Pies in Houston and used a napkin to sketch…

A New NASA Design Turbocharges Nuclear Spacecraft

The biggest threat to any crewed expedition to Mars is time . NASA’s shortest blueprint for sending people to the Red Planet and back requires spend…

Simulating Lunar Regolith with COMSOL for Mission Safety and Space Infrastructure

Current space exploration aims to establish permanent structures on the Moon, Mars, and eventually other planetary bodies. Successful lunar missions…