[FPSPACE] Will Russia’s Next Rocket be Nuclear?

[LARRY KLAES]

October 28, 2009

 

Will Russia’s Next Rocket be Nuclear?

 

Written by Nancy Atkinson 

 

Russia’s space agency chief is proposing to build a new spaceship with a nuclear engine. 

 

Reportedly, Anatoly Perminov told a government meeting Wednesday that the preliminary design could be ready by 2012. It would take about nine more years and 17 billion rubles (about $600 million or 400 million euros) to build the ship. 

 

This ambitious proposal is a stark contrast to the current state of the Russian space program.

 

Full article here:

 

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/28/will-russias-next-rocket-be-nuclear/

 

 
 		 	   		  
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