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"Goodbye, Jean-Luc, I'm gonna miss you. You had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end."
- Q, Star Trek: TNG

space.com: Prometheus: Lighting NASA's Nuclear Fire

by Ken Newquist / April 26, 2003

Nuclear-powered, ion-propelled spacecraft will greatly expand humanity's stellar reach and capabilities (naturally, environmentalists are against it) Read the full story.