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>in fact you could probably get transported Mars a lot faster that way.
No, the reality is that solid core NTP doesn't have the delta-v for any fast interplanetary transits and it's not even close. As a reference, most if not all of the proposed Mars mission architectures using it actually have less dV than Apollo 11 had(including the Saturn V) despite that they would use multiple launches to assemble the spacecraft in orbit. Also note that without aerobraking/direct entry NTRs would need more delta-v than Starship to just to do the equivalent mission.