Saturday, June 14, 2003
Space: Captain's Log...
Putting nuclear power to good use:Nasa gives go-ahead for nuclear mission to outer planets:
"An ambitious and controversial mission to explore the other planets of the solar system using nuclear-powered spacecraft has come a step closer after Nasa gave a giant aerospace company the go-ahead to develop revolutionary new engines.
The aim is to build an interplanetary space probe powerful enough to fly vast distances and still to have enough power to collect scientific information and send it back to Earth."
..."Increased power for spacecraft means not only travelling farther or faster, but is also means exploring more efficiently with enormously greater scientific return."
I, for one, am excited about this prospect. The link above leads you to the rest of the story.
