Doc Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 It's an old news, but still, it hasn't been mentionned on this forum. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0101/19marsnuclear/ Americium 242 could still sustain chain reaction while in a micron thick sheet, making it possible to reach Mars within two weeks by building what I understand as an hybride form of two types of nuclear roquets: - the gas core reactor roquet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_core_reactor_rocket - and the fission-fragment roquet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fission-fragment_rocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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