Advisors to NASA: Dump the asteroid mission and go to Phobos instead - Chron.com (blog)

Chron.com (blog)Advisors to NASA: Dump the asteroid mission and go to Phobos insteadChron.com (blog)This technology would allow NASA to ship cargo to Mars in advance of a human landing for about one-tenth the cost of sending it with conventional chemical propulsion. You don't need to blast all of that fuel off the surface of the Earth if you use the sun.

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