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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."
What's really funny is when someone makes fun of it's mispronunciation, then mispronounces it himself.
Just to point out the cern way as it was taught to me, the correct way is to pronounce it with TWO syllables, not three. Think the two words of "new clear". If you're saying "new-clee-arr", then you're no better than the "new-cue-larr" people.
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And what happens if the nuclear part were to separate over the United States and accidentally detonate? Oops!
It would be devastating of course. The US economy would collapse, and then the entire world economy would collapse with it. Imagine the aftermath of 9/11 multiplied a thousand fold. Russia would fall in to chaos as first it's economy, then its government crumbled.
The big countries understand they are too interconnected to directly war each other. That's why we have Afghanistan.
Quebec is not a joke, its a desperate issue. There's actually people in Quebec that would like to finish up with the independence and get to a real workable relation with Canada. I don't want to separate from Canada and but I don't to be part of just another american states clone. I just want Quebec to have the right to protect its culture and language. Our national identity must be preserved. But for all of the other shit that's left, we HAVE to work with the rest of the Canada. And that would change Canada dynamics completely too. If the Bloc Québecois would disappear, most of the people here would vote NDP and make it the official opposition. Hell it could even get to win a minority mandate. The same thing apply on the provincial level. I would never vote for any secessionist party, the ADQ is completely screwd up and I hate the liberal orientation's. But, I'd like to have social-democrat party, a bit like the NDP, which would not be completely federalist but that would be open to work with rest of the Canada while defending Quebec interest fairly.
What was the "real" cold war? Just because a politician said "we won" doesn't mean it was true. Apparently you haven't been paying attention.
Since we "won" the cold war, Russia has made an incredible resurgence economically, technologically, and militarily; invaded a country (or two?); has become increasingly emboldened politically; has been selling arms in increasing quantities to enemies of the West; has increasing influence over/in ex-Eastern Bloc states - and so on.
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