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Russia Plans Martian Nuclear Station

Posted by michael on from the dreaming-big dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports that Russian scientists have announced plans to build a nuclear power station on Mars. They say that all the necessary technical drawings have now been completed, and all will be ready for the construction work to begin. The power plant should be up and running by 2030."

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  1. Sheesh by niko9 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They have enough trouble keeping their nuclear stockpiles in check here on earth!

    How the hell are they supposed to keep them safe from those darn homosexual Martians?

  2. Re:Cool! by Draveed · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You can't put all this on Bush. Any exploration or colonization effort will take the support of many subsequent presidential administrations.

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    Oh, Edmund, can it be true? that I hold here, in my mortal hand, a nugget of purest green?