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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Re:Boom

[QuantumG]

You're an ignorant fool.

Re:interesting juxtaposition

[osu-neko]

This isn't a conclusive listing of all the things in the Federal Budget that are larger than NASA. What is actually is is a list of all the things in the Federal Budget that would still be bigger than NASA if we doubled NASA's budget.

Which fails to refute the point. My friend's pickup with full-size back seats and such is massive. The fact that there are literally millions of more massive vehicles on the road does not alter the fact that his pickup is massive.