Space X's Starship and Draco nuclear engines would be the ultimate tools for solar system research.

The Draco nuclear thermal- or nuclear plasma propulsion system is the tool of the next generation. The Draco system will have more capacity than the old-time Centaur stage that transferred most of the deep space probes to their target planets.

It's possible to install The nuclear-powered Draco rocket in the super-Centaur stage and can transfer large spacecraft to long-distance missions in our solar system. The Draco stage can dock with Space X's Starship. And those systems are the ultimate combination for deep space missions to other planets. The Draco system can be even more powerful than any other spacecraft.

When we think that the Draco would be a so-called improved NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application), the Draco might use antimatter as the booster. In that kind of special system, the antimatter is positrons. The Draco could create those positrons from the beta radiation that comes from the nuclear reactor.

Or the cathode tube sends electrons through a thin gold layer. In that system, the system injects positrons into the Draco engine's exhaust gas. And that connects "Project Orion" with "Project NERVA".

The Starship (Image credit: SpaceX) NASA could install Draco thermal nuclear engine to Starship.

"Artist's concept of the DRACO (Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations) spacecraft, which will demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Nuclear thermal propulsion technology could be used for future NASA crewed missions to Mars. (Image credit: DARPA)" (Space.com/NASA, DARPA to launch nuclear rocket to orbit by early 2026)

NASA believes that SpaceX's Starship will be a next-generation space station. The Starship could operate as an orbital laboratory, either manned or remotely controlled. That laboratory can be useful for nanotechnology and biological research. If there is some kind of leak where dangerous organisms are released, that kind of laboratory can send them to the sun.

The risk that the organism can be released into the Earth's atmosphere is denied. By putting those laboratories in orbit around the moon. At the moon orbiter, all debris falls to the moon.

Space X is a pioneer in VTOL space shuttle technology. And maybe that kind of technology is used on Mars and other missions to the outer solar system.

But the thing is that. Those AI-controlled laboratories can be used in other places in our solar system. The Starship is a large system that allows for many variants of that large system. The remarkable thing that makes Starship and Space X interesting is that their rockets are multi-use. Space X sends its rockets into orbit and then returns them on ships. That kind of operation requires extreme accuracy. '

The same technology can use in Mars and other types of deep space missions. And maybe that kind of system will use in space mines. Those systems can get asteroids to Earth orbiter. And their lasers will cut those asteroids into pieces and send them to the factories. That kind of use can revolutionize raw materials products on Earth.

https://www.space.com/nasa-considering-spacex-starship-space-station

https://www.space.com/nasa-darpa-nuclear-thermal-rocket-draco-2026

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA

MIT's tractor beam can make the new types of SASER systems possible

"This chip-based "tractor-beam," which uses an intensely focused beam of light to capture and manipulate biological particles without damaging the cells, could help biologists study the mechanisms of diseases."(Interesting Engineering, MIT’s Star Wars-inspired ‘tractor beam’ uses light to capture, manipulate cells) MIT's tractor beam can make the new types of SASER systems possible. The tractor beam just hovers the nanoparticle in air or medium, and then the laser or some other electromagnetic system transports oscillation into those particles. The ability to make cells and other particles hover in the system makes it possible to create particles whose energy level or resonance frequencies are accurately calculated things. That thing makes it possible to create things that transmit wave movement accurately and cleanly. This is one version of the use of a tractor beam. Modern tractor beams are like acoustic tweezers where sound waves lock the object in its cr

The new observations tell that the thunderstorms form gamma-rays. That could make gamma-ray lasers possible.

"An illustration of NASA’s research plane ER-2 flying over thunderstorms. Credit: University of Bergen / Mount Visual (CC BY 4.0), edited" (ScitechDaily, Surprising Discovery: NASA’s Retrofitted U2 Spy Plane Reveals Tropical Lightning Storms Are Radioactive) The new observations tell that the thunderstorms form gamma-rays. That could make gamma-ray lasers possible. The process has been observed by the NASA (Lockheed) ER-2 research plane, which is a modified U-2 spy plane. The gamma-ray formation in thunderstorms. Where lightning and electric fields release electrons that impact the air molecules and water droplets is an interesting thing. That thing opens the route to solving many mysteries. "The general physics behind how thunderstorms create high-energy flashes of gamma radiation is not a mystery. As thunderstorms develop, swirling drafts drive water droplets, hail, and ice into a mixture that creates an electric charge much like rubbing a balloon on your shirt. Pos

Chinese innovations and space lasers are interesting combinations.

Above: "Tiangong is China's operational space station located in low Earth orbit. (Image credit: Alejomiranda via Getty Images)" (Scpace.com, China's space station, Tiangong: A complete guide) Chinese are close to making nuclear-powered spacecraft. Almost every day, we can read about Chinese technical advances. So are, the Chinese more innovative than Western people? Or is there some kind of difference in culture and morale between Western and Chinese societies? The Chinese superiority in hypersonic technology is one of the things that tells something about the Chinese way of making things. In China, the mission means. And the only thing that means is mission. That means that things like budgets and safety orders are far different from Western standards. If some project serves the Chinese communist party and PLA (People's Liberation Army) that guarantees unlimited resources for those projects. Chinese authorities must not care about the public opinion. If we th

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