Steam-propelled spacecraft could explore asteroids ‘forever’, say scientists0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2019
‘Awesome’ technology could be used to explore ‘anywhere there is water and sufficiently low gravity’
‘Awesome’ technology could be used to explore ‘anywhere there is water and sufficiently low gravity’
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‘The vote is a unanimous yes; I hope that such votes will be possible for many other issues in the world’
Stephen Bassett of the PRG group comments on the History Channel’s Project Blue Book