With the new administration I doubt very much they will invest any
money in nuclear propulsion. Obama will probably try to use vegetable
oil based propulsion.

--- In spaceprojects@yahoogroups.com, "nerva184" <toteit1@...> wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> I'm Chris and I am a science fiction author who is also an advocate
of
> the use of nuclear propulsion for exploring the solar system. I
have a
> novel due to be released in January that makes extensive use of
both
> the NERVA nuclear rocket motor and Orion, which is propelled by
> exploding nulcear bombs behind a massive blast plate.
>
> You can check out some of my articles on space exploration, nuclear
> propulsion and my upcoming novel at: www.freewebs.com/chrisbfla
>
> Hope you find it interesting. The very idea of abandoning nulcear
> propulsion in favor of chemical rockets is like scrapping
steamships in
> favor of row boats for trans-atlantic travel.
>
> Chris B.
>