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New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars
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| 10/25/20
| David Szondy
Posted on 10/27/2020 5:25:11 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Uhhh, Project Orion, right?
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10/27/2020 6:52:04 PM PDT
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wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: HangnJudge
“Would be great for freight hauling, getting material into place in orbit, especially fuel, robots, support machinery”
Robotic barges should pre-position redundant stockpiles of shelters, supplies, power sources, vehicles and robots (and probably start up farms); before any people land to occupy a Mars base.
With current rockets, it is a two year trip, each way - and even that only within certain launch windows.
The kind of propulsion in this article could make Mars much more feasible, and much more survivable.
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posted on
10/27/2020 7:05:32 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: Roman_War_Criminal
Un Un Pentium! Paging Bob Lazar, paging Bob Lazar.
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posted on
10/27/2020 7:46:13 PM PDT
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Home-of-the-lazy-dog
("Leftists will stand before you and cut off their own head just to prove that they'll do it!")
To: Roman_War_Criminal
Bang bang can get us there in less than a week.☢️💥
To: HangnJudge
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10/27/2020 8:41:20 PM PDT
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Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: ping jockey
Coal powered steam engines, only way to go.
21st Century Limited on pad 51 now leaving for Mons Veneris. ALL ABOARD!
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10/28/2020 2:06:47 AM PDT
by
.44 Special
(Tiamid Buacach!)
To: Roman_War_Criminal
Yea, yea yea... I developed this 15 years ago, then realized that I would be polluting space and killing space aliens.
Kept me awake for 15 seconds worrying about that.
So when I develop a way to fold space, I'll get back to you.
And don't tell me some Jabba the Hut looking thing that does Spice has already done it, malarky!
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10/28/2020 2:47:10 AM PDT
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SERE_DOC
( The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. TJ)
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