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| RUSSIA WANTS TO TEST A NUCLEAR SPACE ENGINE IN 2018 |
| 2016-03-14 |
| h/t Instapundit Space is expensive. To generate more power and more thrust, rockets need to carry more fuel, increasing the amount of weight the same rocket engine needs to lift. It’s a vexing equation, which might explain why much of recent spaceflight is about putting objects into orbit, where they can earn their keep by relaying communications on the ground below. Maybe what interplanetary travel needs is just a better engine to take people there. Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, Russia’s nuclear agency, thinks nuclear engines are just the ticket to get to Mars. USA wants to curb carbon emissions |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #7 'Thunderbirds' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-03-14 22:08 |
| #6 Yeah well, they'll never match our Muslim outreach program. So nyah.
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| Posted by: NASA 2016-03-14 17:57 |
| #5 Rail guns are the future of space launches. Although maybe not for people. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-03-14 17:46 |
| #4 guts! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-03-14 16:15 |
| #3 g(r)omgoru Orion was open minded gut! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-03-14 16:14 |
| #2 Orion, 3dc |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 14:38 |
| #1 It was stupid of Kennedy to sign away Nerva and Project Orion with the Test Ban Treaty. It's a good time to revisit that. Nerva Project Orion |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-03-14 14:09 |