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Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR.

From gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com>
Newsgroups sci.astro, sci.physics
Subject Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR.
Date 2015-08-28 19:58 -0500
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Message-ID <mrr04j$9m3$5@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink)
References <mrpll4$bbk$2@dont-email.me>

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On 8/28/2015 7:56 AM, Robert Clark wrote:
> A criticism of the VASIMR plasma drive was that space nuclear power did
> not have sufficient power at the needed lightweight. However, it turns
> out that this is due to the heavy electrical generating equipment, not
> the nuclear reactors themselves.
>
> Then note that recent research has produced electrical generators at the
> needed lightweight, thus making nuclear-powered VASIMR viable:
>
> Nuclear powered VASIMR and plasma propulsion doable now.
> http://exoscientist.blogspot.com/2015/08/nuclear-powered-vasimr-and-plasma.html
>
>
>   Bob Clark
>

how much mass can be expelled in 39 days ?

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39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-08-28 08:56 -0400
  Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Jeff Findley <jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com> - 2015-08-28 19:29 -0400
    Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-09-09 22:10 -0400
      Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-10-05 01:16 -0400
        Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Greg \(Strider\) Moore" <mooregr@deletethisgreenms.com> - 2015-10-05 07:07 -0400
        Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-05 20:57 +0000
          Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-07 00:06 -0500
            Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Jeff Findley <jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com> - 2015-10-07 06:07 -0400
              Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> - 2015-10-07 17:07 +0000
              Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-13 12:06 -0500
          Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-10-08 20:16 -0400
            Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-14 15:19 +0000
              Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 08:30 -0700
                Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-14 16:57 +0000
                Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 22:11 -0700
      Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-10-13 08:19 -0400
        Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Edgardo Alcantara <edgardoalcantara@carosseryrepair.org> - 2015-10-13 12:35 +0000
  Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-28 19:58 -0500
  Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 12:09 -0700
    Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 14:54 -0700
      Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-01 18:14 -0700

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