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		ekianjo on June 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiti... That Orion project was a failure though. No tangible results to exploit.

tntn on June 18, 2019 | [–]

I think it more just ended than failed.

option on June 18, 2019 | [–]

my point is that because of fear of nuclear no further research was done. It is now super hard to even get enough material for a rector/battery such as the one on Curiosity

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