"To send astronauts back to the moon, NASA is planning to begin by making maximum use of existing U.S. and foreign rockets as launching systems. Vehicles under consideration may use updated propulsion systems that could blast a flotilla of spacecraft from the Earth to the vicinity of the moon."
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Posted by jburk at July 31, 2026 10:57 PM | TrackBackHere is the story link,
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/spacetravel-04zr.html
The new updated photo has changed and is now a capsule joined to the propulsion system.
On another note of Hubble and either is rescue or of other Nasa action. The article from spacedaily http://www.spacedaily.com/news/telescopes-04o.html
Talks of nine proposals for future planning of space telescope.
Final note of info on the ISS, space station crewmembers are gettin ready for the European ATV cargo carrier. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/iss-04zg.html
Is Prometheus a Nuclear Ramjet? This could be a possibility though it is not like the first time we have done research into this propulsion type since in the early 60's.
NASA boosts nuclear propulsion plans
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993285
NASA considers nuclear boosters for space rockets
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns9999972
A Nuclear Ramjet Flyer for Exploration of Jovian Atmosphere
http://std.msfc.nasa.gov/ast/abstracts/7E_Maise.html
Project Pluto' studied nuclear ramjet propulsion
http://www.nv.doe.gov/news&pubs;/publications/historyreports/news&views;/pluto.htm
The Flying Crowbar
http://www.merkle.com/pluto/pluto.html
There are lots of discusion going on under the Human Missions http://www.newmars.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=ae300f266fff9965510fb05f12638074;act=SF;f=4
and the Interplanetary Transportation http://www.newmars.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=ae300f266fff9965510fb05f12638074;act=SF;f=5 groupings of topics on the Newmars forums.
The sub catagory under Human post central for information on the CEV http://www.newmars.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=ae300f266fff9965510fb05f12638074;act=ST;f=4;t=255 ,
Might Shuttle C http://www.newmars.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=ae300f266fff9965510fb05f12638074;act=ST;f=4;t=290
pertain to the conversation of the next CEV.
Under the Interplanetary there are topics of propulsion for soyuz fly me to the moon http://www.newmars.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=ae300f266fff9965510fb05f12638074;act=ST;f=5;t=173 ,
Fusion for Ground launch http://www.newmars.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=ae300f266fff9965510fb05f12638074;act=ST;f=5;t=172 ,
Aluminum / oxygen
http://www.newmars.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=ae300f266fff9965510fb05f12638074;act=ST;f=5;t=176 ,
an work on the Russian tests scramjet http://www.newmars.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=ae300f266fff9965510fb05f12638074;act=ST;f=5;t=167