X-Nico

Space Shuttle orbiter

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the disposition location of the orbiters on Tuesday April 12, 2011, the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight and the 30th anniversary of the first flight of Columbia.

Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that VASIMR technology could be the breakthrough technology that would reduce the travel time on a Mars mission from 2.5 years to 5 months.

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