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George Dyson: Let's take a nuclear-powered rocket to Saturn
Category: Cosmos
Posted on: February 15, 2008 6:14 PM, by Greg Laden
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Of course anyone whose read Stephen Baxter's 'Voyage' will remember what happened to 'Nerva' and stand well away...
Posted by: MikeB | February 18, 2008 12:11 AM