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Mars Anyone?
Nexterra, Explore Mars Now ^
| Dec 13, 2002
| Louis Mazza
Posted on 12/13/2002 1:12:00 PM PST by Young Werther
Interactive Mars Habitat:
Mars Within Reach!
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: mars; science; space; spaceexploration
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As we look to the future, the clarion call of Mars ranks high in the halls of space advocacy. The recent Ad Astra the magazine of the National Space Society reports that NASA is once again looking at nuclear propulsion options.
To: Young Werther
Cool
To: Young Werther
Very cool site! Good post!
To: Young Werther
"The recent Ad Astra the magazine of the National Space Society reports that NASA is once again looking at nuclear propulsion options." Go nukes. When I was taking my minor in nuclear chemistry, one of the faculty was a nuclear engineer who had worked on the Nerva project. Shielding specialist--really knew his stuff.
To: Young Werther
Let's light off some nukes and plant a colony on Mars .... this needs to be done. Humanity is getting pretty unstable.
To: Wonder Warthog
The Nerv a him!
I visited the Cape in the summer of '68. We saw the Apollo 8 being stacked and were given a very thorough tour, (buncha AF Junior Officer!). I remember our tour guide showing us the building attached to the Vertical Assembly Building which was to house the Nerva upper stage before it was mated to the Saturn V.
The tour guide said the NERVA upper stage would be the foundation for a future Mars mission. Unfortunately, NERVA was cancelled and an opportunity was postponed. Hopefully we're ready to pick up the baton and continue the race!
To: Young Werther
Well, personally I think we should see if there are any natives, and if they're friendly and wouldn't mind a visit.
How about we make Algore our first ambasssador to Mars, then send him off on a little meet-and-greet?
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12/13/2002 1:53:09 PM PST
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mewzilla
To: Young Werther
Massive COOL site BUMP!!!!
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12/13/2002 2:02:32 PM PST
by
vannrox
To: Young Werther
To: Young Werther
Please send more Mars probes.
They're delicious....
To: Young Werther
"Unfortunately, NERVA was cancelled and an opportunity was postponed. Hopefully we're ready to pick up the baton and continue the race!" Yup--that's why he was on the faculty. He got disenchanted with NASA's "stick-to-it-iveness". Hopefully, when we re-start the program, some of the "now-old-farts" like him will come out of retirement to give the program a kick-start.
To: mewzilla
Better check with Shelia Jackson Lee first.
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12/13/2002 2:42:52 PM PST
by
relee
To: Young Werther
YES! We'll need a new Sat V class booster to make it work and we'll have to trash the space station white elephant. Both very past due.
To: Young Werther
I see they're using VASIMR for propulsion, I hope by now noone is seriously entertaining the idea of chemical rockets as primary propulsion to get to Mars.
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12/13/2002 3:27:35 PM PST
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Brett66
To: Brett66
Though it looks like Chang Diaz' propulsion system is getting hit by the budget axe.
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12/13/2002 3:29:20 PM PST
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Brett66
To: Wonder Warthog
one of the faculty was a nuclear engineer Was it Jimmy Carter? He was a nucyulur engineer. At least that's what he said.
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12/13/2002 3:35:06 PM PST
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Rocky
To: Rocky
"Was it Jimmy Carter? He was a nucyulur engineer. At least that's what he said." Nah--this guy hated Carter.
To: relee
Sheila Jackson Lee would be the perfect person to send to Mars. She already speaks the language.
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To: RazorBladeRuination
You know, maybe she has revealed something that corroborates the Apollo hoax theories.
News Flash! The dink who Aldrin cold cocked was right.
We didn't go to the moon!
We actually went to Mars and now Shelia Jackson Lee has let the cat outta da bag!
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