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2009-08-14 Science & Technology

India Mulls Using Nuclear Energy To Power Chandrayaan II to the Moon

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Posted by 3dc 2009-08-14 00:36|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Wwehell now, YEAR 2029-2036 > why wait for the future OWG-NWO to miscalculate and cause COMET APOPHIS to crack up the MOON, when good ole' NORTH KOREA has a mighty plan to capture it and bring it close to Earth.

That'll show GOD whose Da' Boss - YOU BETCHA!

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-08-14 01:33|| NA]">[NA] 2009-08-14 01:33|| Front Page Top

#2 what does "Power" mean? Engines?

RTG to provide electrical power.

Posted by john frum 2009-08-14 08:41|| 2009-08-14 08:41|| Front Page Top

#3 John - that's too boring. Power has been done....

Posted by 3dc 2009-08-14 09:46|| 2009-08-14 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Not by ISRO. They have only now started to design probes and the RTG to power them.

They won't be doing exotic nuke propulsion systems for some time. Right now their focus is flying their own cryo engine (LH/LOX) this year, building a larger version of that for their next launcher and designing a new core engine (RP-1/LOX) for their proposed heavy launcher.

Posted by john frum 2009-08-14 11:32|| 2009-08-14 11:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Remember that when NASA was building giant moon rockets the people now running ISRO were at this stage:

ISRO makes slow steady progress on a shoestring budget. Their current GSLV isn't the most optimum of designs but those were the engines they had at the time. Only after they proved the capability to the Indian government was additional funding for a new vehicle released. They still operate with a budget of 800 million dollars.

Posted by john frum 2009-08-14 11:49|| 2009-08-14 11:49|| Front Page Top

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