Will NASA Use Nuclear Propulsion For Faster Crewed Mission Transport?

New nuclear engine design:


The Thermal Nuclear Engine That Could Get Us to Mars in Just 3 Months:

"Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has designed a new thermal nuclear engine
it says could carry astronauts to Mars in just three months—and back to Earth in
the same amount of time. By using ceramic microcapsules of high assay low
enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, USNC's thermal nuclear engine could cut the trip
in half even from optimistic estimates."

See:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...r-engine-mars/