Russia Develops Spaceship With Nuclear Engine

Matt_dk writes "The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has developed a design for a piloted spacecraft powered by a nuclear engine, the head of the agency said on Wednesday. 'The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration programs,' Anatoly Perminov said at a meeting of the commission on the modernization of the Russian economy. He added that the development of Megawatt-class nuclear space power systems (MCNSPS) for manned spacecraft was crucial for Russia if the country wanted to maintain a competitive edge in the space race, including the exploration of the Moon and Mars."

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[Anonymous Coward]

We are looking for the nuclear wessels!

This isn't correct...

[Anonymous Coward]

Nucular... It's pronounced Nucular!

Re:They haven't "developed" anything

[Mushdot]

Hey man, they like to take their time, you know, not Russian to things.

Re:The space race isn't over...

[cheesybagel]

Well, the Soviet Union dropped a satellite with a BES-5 nuclear reactor over Canada once. But who cares about Canada anyway.

Re:The space race isn't over...

[joaommp]

"I aim vor ze starz, but zumtimes, I hit London."

Werner Von Braun

Re:Hey!

[PReDiToR]

Normally I wouldn't, but it's in keeping with the thread ...

But who cares about Canada anyway.

Hey! Canada's not a joke, Eh!

Fixed that for you.

Fixed that fix for you, Eh never starts the sentence up here, it ends it. For starting we use "Hey" just like you do down south of the line. Oh and get off my lawn!

Fixed that for you. You know where you're from, but remember where you are posting also.

There, fixed that for you.