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Starship nuclear pulsed - Artist view

auteur: Don Dixon/Novapix

référence: e-son90-10004

Image Size 300 DPI: 22 * 30 cm

An interstellar ship ignites its nuclear pulse rocket engine over the farside of the moon. The 10-kilometer-long vessel consists mostly of fuel and other consumables. After 10 years, it will have achieved 10 percent the speed of light, making possible a voyage to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, in 50 years, when some of the original voyagers might still be alive.

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Keywords for this photo:

2012 - ASTRONOMY - DAEDALUS - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - ILLUSTRATION - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MOON - NUCLEAR - PLANET - PROPULSION - SCIENCE FICTION - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACESHIP -