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I hope this is true.

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[JustAnAmerican]

"I hope this is true.

You and I both. Would be nice to see us get to places like ALpha Centauri in my lifetime.

[boris]

"nuclear propulsion was abandoned due to technical and political difficulties."

Untrue. Only political difficulties.

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As I have said here before this will not occur in your lifetime or in mine.

Bush Senior announced the "Space Exploration Initiative" and effort began to try to recover the priceless nuclear technology that we threw away in the early 70s. Clinton cancelled it almost immediately upon taking office.

All the people who worked on the program in the 60s-70s are either dead or firmly retired.

Nuclear engines could not be built or tested in America today due to hysteria about the "N" word. In the 70s, they were tested in Jackass Flats, NV, a locale used by God as a prototype for the outer circles of Hell. Today you would have environmentalists chaining themselves to test stands, filing lawsuits, etc.

You would have to 'farm it out' to the Russians to build and test--which would entail (among other outrages) a massive technology transfer from us to them.

It is simply not going to happen.

--Boris

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