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 We'll Ride Nuke to Mars: Russia 

Space program plans elusive nuclear spaceship by 2012

Oct 30, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Russians are planning to ride a $600 million nuclear-powered spaceship to Mars, and they say they may begin construction by 2012. “It’s a very serious project, and we need to find the money,” president Dmitry Medvedev says. Small nuclear reactors and batteries have long powered satellites,... More »

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