I thought the trip to mars was scrubbed when Obama canceled Bush's moon base plans.
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Casey Dougall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Scott Stewart > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> I'm not sure if NASA has even ventured into plasma rockets.. >> >> > > Yes, they are. It's how the next mission to mars will take place. And they > say it will take 1/3rd the time to reach mars based on this plasma rocket. > > This was in Tuesdays New York Times. I don't have a link, but it was in the > science section. > > They launch a rocket, then the vessel orbits earth for a bit, then the > plasma rockets keep it propelling to mars or something like that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
