What Happenned To The Canadian Plasma Rocket


Liberalman
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What Happenned To The Canadian Plasma Rocket

N.S. company helps build plasma rocket
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/01/07/tech-space-plasma-rocket-nautel.html

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http://watch.ctv.ca/news/#clip225583

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The last I heard was that the plasma division was moved to America so why is there no news.

What do you think?

 
petros
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bang zoom to da moon Alice.
 
dumpthemonarchy
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Their website has a blurb about plasma. This is exciting, it is big time tech for space.
 
The Old Medic
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Plasma rockets have been proposed for over 50 years now. Robert Heinlein wrote a novel about them in 1948, called "Rocket Ship Galilleo".

The principle behind this is sound. The problem is, to get a functional plasma jet, you need to utilize radioactives, and people are scared witless about such things. There is no way you are EVER going to get approval to fire off a plasma rocket on this planet.
 
dumpthemonarchy
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On TV they tested a plasma rocket in a big shell. Looks good to me.
 

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