Defense Tech: Rapid Fire 02/05/07 (Updated)


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Edited by Christian Lowe \| Contact

Rapid Fire 02/05/07 (Updated)

* Pentagon's tank-sized budget (more to come, later today)

* McMaster, Kilcullen in Petraeus "dream team"

* Troops uncover uniform stash in Iraq

* Anbar's "baking tray" bombs

* NYT flies Iraqi air (background)

* Milblogging king deploys, again

* Welcome home celebrations cut

* Surfers' nuke tech

* Plea deal in MySpace murder (background)

* Mars too far for people?

* Dodgy reports on space station

* "Big Barda's" purse stolen (background)

* Israel's new spysat

* Saudis ban the letter X

* More mercs for Iraq

* Arms control wonks cry in their mojitos

(Big ups: RC, AG, AT)

Comments

I don't believe the bone-loss findings puts Mars out of reach by any means. A nuclear craft could accelerate for long periods to maintain a G-force on the crew, and conventionally-powered craft could use a tether+balance system to spin and "simulate" gravity. It's going to be years before anyone funds a Mars exploration, by then we should know enough about the journey to be well prepared.

Posted by: Moose at February 5, 2007 04:25 PM

Rapid Fire 02/05/07 (Updated)

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