"Unveiling the Ingenious Space Travel Concept in Netflix's '3 Body Problem'"
The Netflix series "The Three-Body Problem" has brought attention to the concept of nuclear pulse propulsion (NPP) for space travel, a technology with a real 80-year history. While the show uses NPP for sci-fi purposes, the potential for this technology in actual space exploration is significant. NPP, along with other nuclear propulsion systems like nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) and nuclear electric propulsion (NEP), offers advantages over traditional chemical rockets, and NASA is planning to test its NTP rocket in 2026. Despite challenges and concerns, experts believe that nuclear pulse propulsion could outperform other nuclear-powered spacecraft in the future, making Ulam's dream of using nuclear bombs for space exploration a potential reality.