Ohio State engineering school collaborates with nuclear company to speed up space travel. - News - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH

Ohio State engineering school collaborates with nuclear company to speed up space travel. - News - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH: The longer it takes astronauts to travel in space for missions, the more harmful cosmic radiation their bodies are exposed to in deep space.A collaboration between Ohio State University’s engineering college and a Virginia-based nuclear company, which holds a contract with NASA, will use nuclear thermal propulsion technology to speed up travel time.This all comes at a time when NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of man walking on the moon, and looking forward to a manned mission to