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 Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:31 pm Post subject: Russia Developing Nuclear Powered Spacecraft |
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 FRYAZINO (Moscow Region), October 28 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has developed a design for a piloted spacecraft powered by a nuclear engine, the head of the agency said on Wednesday.
"The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration programs," Anatoly Perminov said at a meeting of the commission on the modernization of the Russian economy.
He added that the development of Megawatt-class nuclear space power systems (MCNSPS) for manned spacecraft was crucial for Russia if the country wanted to maintain a competitive edge in the space race, including the exploration of the Moon and Mars.
Perminov said that the draft design of the spacecraft would be finalized by 2012, and the financing for further development in the next nine years would require an investment of at least 17 billion rubles (over $580 million).
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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2012? Just in time to launch humans off the planet in a "prototype" before the world ends, haha. Can you imagine spending that much money on an engine, I don't really see why it costs that much. The materials alone could probably be bought for a few hundred thousand, I guess it's not how much material you have, it's how you use it.
This is a much better use of money then funding wars. I just hope the engine doesn't follow Russia's Chernobyl experience. Maybe they learned to play with matches though. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Perminov said that the draft design of the spacecraft would be finalized by 2012, and the financing for further development in the next nine years would require an investment of at least 17 billion rubles (over $580 million). |
It doesn't say it would be ready by 2012. Only the draft. It further said that it that the developement would take place over the next 9 years.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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I have long thought that nuclear powered spacecraft was the next most logical step and I am really excited to hear that Russia at least are now venturing down that path. I've been waiting ages for someone to start doing this.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Since the use of Nuclear power for a space ship was first mentioned, in my memory anyway, in the movie Armageddon (or maybe it was Deep Impact) I've been waiting for a government to step up to the plate and make that attempt. I'm just blown away it would be the Russians who would do it! 
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| ICBM wrote: | | Since the use of Nuclear power for a space ship was first mentioned, in my memory anyway, in the movie Armageddon (or maybe it was Deep Impact) I've been waiting for a government to step up to the plate and make that attempt. I'm just blown away it would be the Russians who would do it! |
It was probably deep impact, Armageddon used a two fuel based rockets that each carried a nuclear warhead, but deep impact had the nuclear ship that they "sacrificed" themselves for the world by running into the larger meteor, but the smaller one still hit. And by the way, what are the Europeans doing, does anyone know if they have space programs? I'd like to hear about them because I really read virtually nothing on that front in America. I wonder how fast they can get this thing to go! I think it's going to be really cool. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Considering that space is a vacuum and has no resistance to movement as it does on Earth I would suspect that a vehicle that has a propellant would have the capability to travel at an infinite velocity. I would also think that it's terminal velocity would be dependant on the amount of fuel the vehicle carried. With all that being said I don't know anything of how space travel or speed works in space. Knowing the depth of Mr Jepps Se's interests I wouldn't be surprised if he knew something on it. 
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| khelos wrote: | Can you imagine spending that much money on an engine, I don't really see why it costs that much. The materials alone could probably be bought for a few hundred thousand,
This is a much better use of money then funding wars. I just hope the engine doesn't follow Russia's Chernobyl experience. Maybe they learned to play with matches though. |
Nuclear engines probably make the cost THAT much higher than regular engines. I'm not sure if you could buy a nuclear engine for a few hundred thousand dollars there.
I would agree with your opinion about this use of money. It's just that the military would probably rationalize it by saying that you have to take care of business on earth before venturing into outer space.  |
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