16. How can we make flights to planets shorter? In the future will there be a faster way to get from one planet to the next? (A K2S Question)

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Current rockets use chemical propellants to generate thrust to propel spacecraft. These propellants are limited in the power they can supply. To travel to the planets faster will most likely require using atomic energy from either fission or fusion, or possibly even anti-matter.

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