NASA's nuclear rocket program is making a comeback

Congress has awarded NASA $125 million to revive its nuclear thermal propulsion program, which was originally scrapped in the 1970s. Subscribe to CNET: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNETTV CNET playlists: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNETTV/playlists Download the new CNET app: http://bit.ly/2fmiQ6l Like us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1930vfU Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cnet Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2icCYYm http://bit.ly/2EXYMAz CNET June 07, 2019 at 08:45AM