Harold 'Sonny' White

I can't do your voice very well. Nuclear electric propulsion, right? And so this is a situation where... It's known physics, known engineering. We've got a nuclear reactor that's fissioning uranium, let's say. It's splitting apart atoms. And that's the source of energy. You use that energy to plug into some form of electric propulsion. Like you got the neon sign that's behind you.

I can't do your voice very well. Nuclear electric propulsion, right? And so this is a situation where... It's known physics, known engineering. We've got a nuclear reactor that's fissioning uranium, let's say. It's splitting apart atoms. And that's the source of energy. You use that energy to plug into some form of electric propulsion. Like you got the neon sign that's behind you.

I can't do your voice very well. Nuclear electric propulsion, right? And so this is a situation where... It's known physics, known engineering. We've got a nuclear reactor that's fissioning uranium, let's say. It's splitting apart atoms. And that's the source of energy. You use that energy to plug into some form of electric propulsion. Like you got the neon sign that's behind you.

Imagine you could take one of those tubes and cut the end off and allow the blue or green glowy bit to come out the back. And so the efficiency of electric propulsion versus chemical propulsion is much better.

Imagine you could take one of those tubes and cut the end off and allow the blue or green glowy bit to come out the back. And so the efficiency of electric propulsion versus chemical propulsion is much better.

Imagine you could take one of those tubes and cut the end off and allow the blue or green glowy bit to come out the back. And so the efficiency of electric propulsion versus chemical propulsion is much better.

And so that's a way we can potentially think of a spacecraft architecture, nuclear electric propulsion, a nuclear reactor coupled to some form of electric propulsion that allows us to send human beings to Saturn in 200 days. And technically speaking, that capability is If we didn't invent anything else beyond that, that would allow us to send human beings everywhere in the solar system.

And so that's a way we can potentially think of a spacecraft architecture, nuclear electric propulsion, a nuclear reactor coupled to some form of electric propulsion that allows us to send human beings to Saturn in 200 days. And technically speaking, that capability is If we didn't invent anything else beyond that, that would allow us to send human beings everywhere in the solar system.

And so that's a way we can potentially think of a spacecraft architecture, nuclear electric propulsion, a nuclear reactor coupled to some form of electric propulsion that allows us to send human beings to Saturn in 200 days. And technically speaking, that capability is If we didn't invent anything else beyond that, that would allow us to send human beings everywhere in the solar system.

That's why that's extremely important. And now we're getting into the passion of what I fought for so hard working at NASA to try and advocate for this understanding of the big difference between these two types of problems, if you will. If we, you know, if we make up our minds to Perfect the idea of nuclear electric propulsion as a capability. I mean, that unlocks the whole solar system.

That's why that's extremely important. And now we're getting into the passion of what I fought for so hard working at NASA to try and advocate for this understanding of the big difference between these two types of problems, if you will. If we, you know, if we make up our minds to Perfect the idea of nuclear electric propulsion as a capability. I mean, that unlocks the whole solar system.

That's why that's extremely important. And now we're getting into the passion of what I fought for so hard working at NASA to try and advocate for this understanding of the big difference between these two types of problems, if you will. If we, you know, if we make up our minds to Perfect the idea of nuclear electric propulsion as a capability. I mean, that unlocks the whole solar system.

That's just kind of like just the tip of the iceberg. And so the video then goes on after we kind of say nuclear electric propulsion can open up a lot of stuff for us. But it's still going to take – you remember how long it said to go to Proxima Centauri? It was like – 2,000 years. 2,000 years. Oh, that's right.

That's just kind of like just the tip of the iceberg. And so the video then goes on after we kind of say nuclear electric propulsion can open up a lot of stuff for us. But it's still going to take – you remember how long it said to go to Proxima Centauri? It was like – 2,000 years. 2,000 years. Oh, that's right.

That's just kind of like just the tip of the iceberg. And so the video then goes on after we kind of say nuclear electric propulsion can open up a lot of stuff for us. But it's still going to take – you remember how long it said to go to Proxima Centauri? It was like – 2,000 years. 2,000 years. Oh, that's right.

So, I mean, I don't know about you, but that better be one comfortable window seat, right? That's a long time to be on a flight, if you will.

So, I mean, I don't know about you, but that better be one comfortable window seat, right? That's a long time to be on a flight, if you will.

So, I mean, I don't know about you, but that better be one comfortable window seat, right? That's a long time to be on a flight, if you will.

Yeah, well, it's definitely going to be generations, right?

Yeah, well, it's definitely going to be generations, right?