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November 2010: 39 Days to Mars
Features
39 Days to Mars
The 123,000 MPH Plasma Engine That Could Finally Take Astronauts To Mars By Sam Howe Verhovek
How It Works: How Physicists Use Strontium To Slice A Second Into Thinner Slivers
Measuring time more precisely than ever By Erika Villani
Is Your Dinner Endangered? DNA Detectives Investigate
Scientists deploy genetic forensics to protect overhunted animals By Laura Allen
Brilliant 10
Your guide to America's young science geniuses
- Brilliant 10: Katherine Kuchenbecker, the Puppet Master
- Brilliant 10: Michael Bartl, the Nano-Ranger
- Brilliant 10: Christopher Love, the Cell Tracker
- Brilliant 10: Raul Rabadan, the Outbreak Sleuth
- Brilliant 10: Ian Spielman, the Control Freak
- Brilliant 10: Santosh Kumar, the Sensor Guru
- Brilliant 10: Sarah T. Stewart, the Master Blaster
- Brilliant 10: Chiara Daraio, the Sound Magician
- Brilliant 10: Iain Couzin, the Pattern Maker
- Brilliant 10: Maurizio Porfiri, the Water Wizard
Headlines
- Budget Cuts And Outsourced Training Could Put NASA's Astronauts At Risk
- -->How Robot Submarines Are Imaging The Titanic in 3-D
- Affordable DIY MRI Shows How We Really Breathe
- Wireless System Tracks Deadly Bacteria In Hospitals
- New Plan Could Turn Dirty Grease and Dairy Into Biofuel
- Which Humanoid Robot Stands Up Best In Space?
What's New
- The Goods: November 2010's Hottest Gadgets
- Electrocardiogram-Equipped Cell Phone Allows Remote Monitoring
- Inflatable Motorcycle Suit Provides Instant Protection
- Tracking Technology Makes U.S. Bike Sharing Services More Secure
- Portable Digital Music Studio Packs In Tons Of Features
- Affordable 3-D Cameras For Amateur Photographers
- Cousin Of The Chainsaw Engine Could Power 100-MPG Car
How 2.0
- Software Engineer Builds Supersize, Computer-Operated Robotic Chess Set
- Gray Matter: In Which I Set Myself On Fire
- A Free Media Center Run By Open-Source Software
- Ask A Geek: How Can I Bring My Computer With Me on a Thumb Drive?
- Simple Project Of The Month: A Dashboard Phone Mount
FYI
- FYI: Could We Use The Soon-To-Be-Retired Space Shuttles As Space Stations?
- FYI: What Would Happen If Every Element On The Periodic Table Came Into Contact Simultaneously?
Megapixels
- Scientists Find Potentially New Worm Species In The Atlantic Ocean
- Different Surfaces Could Determine A Stem Cell's Future
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Such a propulsion system is so vital to our future exploration of space(both robotic and human), I'm surprised it hasn't caused much more of a stir than it has so far. The obvious advantage to the decrease in data recovery wait time is such a strong advocate all by itself, especially for more distant gas giants & dwarf planets. I hope the wait won't be too much longer.
The Chinese,I would imagine are already on top of this with stolen technologies.Similar to their grand announcement last week of having completed construction of the world fastest computer.Why develop such tech if we farm it out to cheap labor where they are able to deconstruct it and make such advances without the sweat-equity.
Congress really need to fund this and it's power reactor.
This is a game changer it really could open up the entire solar system.
All the safety issues are solvable.
First use pelletized ceramic metal oxide fuel which would not disperse into environment if an accident occurs.
Second design the reactor carrier to survive reentry.
All thanks to Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz :) I'm so proud to be from Costa Rica. Long live VASIMR :)
My five year old son gets it, why not 90% of the adults on the Earth. When he found out that dinosaurs may have been blasted to extension by a stray meteor, he asked if that could happen to us. He then asked why we don't live on other planets in case this one gets hit.
Let's go now.
-- Jim