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To Mars and Back in Ninety Days

Posted by michael on from the do-you-know-how-fast-you-were-going-sir dept.

paltemalte writes "A new means of propelling spacecraft being developed at the University of Washington could dramatically cut the time needed for astronauts to travel to and from Mars and could make humans a permanent fixture in space. In fact, with magnetized-beam plasma propulsion, or mag-beam, quick trips to distant parts of the solar system could become routine, said Robert Winglee, a UW Earth and space sciences professor who is leading the project."

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  1. That would be great.. by StacyWebb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    but even better if they could figued out a way to keep their site from being /.ed

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  2. Re:This is fine and well, but... by TykeClone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Or a really, really big slingshot :)

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