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Russia Develops Spaceship With Nuclear Engine

Posted by samzenpus on from the glowing-exhaust dept.

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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  1. Boom by sqrt(2) · · Score: -1, Troll

    I certainly trust Soviet trained engineers to launch this thing successfully without air-bursting right after take off, scattering radioactive debris throughout the atmosphere. The Russians have a long, celebrated, history of safety and caution when it comes to their nuclear and aerospace endeavors--together they'll be a winning combination!

    (and for those who think I'm being too harsh on the Russians, I wouldn't trust NASA to launch a nuclear powered spacecraft either)

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    1. Re:Boom by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Troll

      You're an ignorant fool.

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  2. Re:interesting juxtaposition by osu-neko · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.

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  3. Hinduism in Software by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    With many Indian software engineers in the global software industry, and most of them being Hindu, this should not come as a surprise!

    http://picasaweb.google.com/[my username here snipped for privacy]/UcAsTE?authkey=[generated part of the URL here snipped for privacy]#

    catch the "caste" in the middle of the URL! "as in, What's ur caste buddy?"!! - "ucAsTE?!!"

    https://mail.google.com/mail/?zx=&shva=1#inbox

    catch the "shva" (shiva!) in the middle!

    Also, the Google "Chrome" browser has "Om" in the middle! Chr"Om"e!

    As a side note, "Google" may also be interpreted as "Good-gle", "God-gle"
    So much for the company that wants to do "good things for the world"!

  4. Re:The space race isn't over... by CAIMLAS · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh yeah, forgot to add... and now we've got a President espousing an ideology more in common with Lenin than Regan, and the US economy is almost a complete bust. Not to mention all the "ex-Soviet" states are still being run by the same people as under the Soviet regime; they just rig the elections to stay in power, now.

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