Comments on: The Russians are building nuclear powered engines for long range space travel, and announced today that they expect to have the first engine ready by 2017. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-russians-are-building-nuclear-powered-engines-for-long-range-space-travel-and-announced-today-that-they-expect-to-have-the-first-engine-ready-by-2017/ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:27:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Patrick Ritchie https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-russians-are-building-nuclear-powered-engines-for-long-range-space-travel-and-announced-today-that-they-expect-to-have-the-first-engine-ready-by-2017/#comment-46313 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:27:45 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=16363#comment-46313 Isn’t this virtually the same announcement as this article from 2009?

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2009/1029/russians-to-ride-a-nuclear-powered-spacecraft-to-mars

Also, the designation of ‘megwatt class’ would seem to imply a nuclear electric engine. But there are so few details, it’s hard to tell…

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