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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americium" 242 Fission Engine
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0101/19marsnuclear/"
this Americium Engine would be interesting to see get started.
I still think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terajoule" shield would out run it in the end.
Note: 9.0 × 1013 J = 90 TJ – Theoretical total mass-energy of one gram of matter, That's 90 Terajoules.
4.184 × 1015 J — energy released by explosion of 1 megaton of TNT
1.74 × 1017 J — total energy from the Sun that hits the Earth in one second
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0101/19marsnuclear/"
this Americium Engine would be interesting to see get started.
I still think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terajoule" shield would out run it in the end.
Note: 9.0 × 1013 J = 90 TJ – Theoretical total mass-energy of one gram of matter, That's 90 Terajoules.
4.184 × 1015 J — energy released by explosion of 1 megaton of TNT
1.74 × 1017 J — total energy from the Sun that hits the Earth in one second
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