Comments on: NASA joins Texas Rocket company in bid to reach Mars in only 39 Days https://www.eutimes.net/2015/04/nasa-joins-texas-rocket-company-in-bid-to-reach-mars-in-only-39-days/ We deliver exclusive hidden news that you won't just find anywhere, information that nobody wants you to know about. Updated 1 minute ago. Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Defiant https://www.eutimes.net/2015/04/nasa-joins-texas-rocket-company-in-bid-to-reach-mars-in-only-39-days/comment-page-1/#comment-87719 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:38:07 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=37355#comment-87719 A VASIMR engine is a magnetoplasmadynamic engine very similar to HALL thrusters invented and first used by the Russians they have perfected the tech, if Im correct its used nowdays on the ISS for altitude control, but here is the problem these systems need a lot of energy especially in bigger version these can only be supplied by a nuclear reactor and currently there are no nuclear reactors that are small enough to be put on a probe or future space ship, also Russians are working on a prototype at the moment in the 100MW range, these reactors shouldnt be confused with thermoelectric generators that use fissile material they have a very low energy output.

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