Cultocracy note :
Is it only me that finds it a little odd that some of the worlds richest men have developed an inexplicable yearning to build mashed potato mountains on Mars ?
There are many facets to space exploration based research .
Nuclear powered space ships are simply one of the more publicized areas of research .
There are many , many , many more .
Are you Dave ?
Or are you Frank ?
A Space Oddity
“NASA and DARPA have teamed up on a project to build and test a nuclear-powered rocket in space…..”
“Now NASA and DARPA have apparently decided to combine their efforts. “
“Under the newly-announced agreement, NASA will focus on developing the engine, which will be mounted on DARPA’s experimental spacecraft. But make no mistake — DARPA is in charge of the project overall.”
“This kind of collaboration between NASA and DARPA — or the Department of Defense in general — is also not new. The Saturn V rocket that carried the Apollo missions to the Moon was partly a DARPA project…..”
Further reading :
- One of these billionaires wants to colonize Mars
- Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have profound visions for humanity’s future in space. Here’s how the billionaires’ goals compare.
- Billionaires who plan to colonize space live in a dream world
- Mars Is a Hellhole
More reading :
- How Historians Are Reckoning With the Former Nazi Who Launched America’s Space Program
- Fact check: Nazi scientists were brought to work for U.S. through Operation Paperclip
- Wernher von Braun’s Martian Chronicles
- Wernher von Braun’s forgotten mission to Mars
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