[tricky_k_1972]

Well good for them, I hope they actually build the thing, at least someone would have the b@lls to fight that anti nuke crowd and build something that can actually get us somewhere.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’m all for this, as long as Putin is on the first flight OUT. ;)

[Redleg Duke]

Well, there won’t be any US spacecraft in the way...thanks to the bumbling bureaucrats at NASA.

[classified]

Yes this is true but perhaps they may succeed in granting Congresswoman Lee’s wish and get a couple of photos of the American Flag that she thought was planted there from earlier missions!

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Our nation used to attempt great things like this.

[Prospero]

It's the only way to travel in deep space within our technological capability. Anything beyond the moon that takes more than about three months puts humans into the four percent probability of "Radiation Exposure Induced Death" over the course of a lifetime. That's the outside limit NASA has today.

If you want to go to Mars (and return safely to the Earth) you need to get there and back a whole lot faster than the 900 day round trip needed for chemical rockets.

[tricky_k_1972]

Actuall article was pulled from Suntimes

[cripplecreek]

I tend to agree. let them do the early work and testing, then we can use the technology and make it better.

However, any accident that spreads radiation will pretty much kill any further nuke ships for a very long time.

[luckybogey]

I thought the real problem always in the past was the actual weight of a small nuke engine...

[penelopesire]

Once again, the left proves that the real reason for opposing nuclear power in America is to collapse our economy. It is OK with them if every country on the planet has nuclear power, except America.

CRICKETS!

This could also be a front for more disturbing Russian plans, but don’t expect the Boy King to do a thing to hamper them in any way(other than give away our missile shield program). Russia is spitting in Obama’s face and he doesn’t seem to care.

[edcoil]

In this months Popular Mechanics they have a prototype of an ION engine they say can travel to Mars in 39 days.

[BenLurkin]

Bkmk

[Jagermonster]

How to do it: Nuclear Salt Water Rocket. Saves on the mass required for Orion-style nuclear propulsion.

[smaug6]

My thought is first things first. Dump some of NASA’s budget into space elevator research. (material science for mass high quality carbon nanotube production) Drastically reduce the cost of getting out of the gravity well and proceed with propulsion concepts such as this. My 2 cents.

[KevinDavis]

For other space news go to: http://www.spacetoday.net

[Vaquero]

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars

Ive been saying this for years.....

Nuclear is the way to go.....

and the Nuclear to use...is Freeman Dysons Project Orion.

Mars in coupla weeks.

Lets grow some BALLS America.