As of right now... "what if"...
VASIMR is successful:
These days, from the outside, VASIMR looks like one of the cargo ships picturred in this Collier/Bonestell illustration:
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/surfacesrendered/MCSColl4.html
It may not look like the rocket originally thought to make the trip to Mars, but, "what if" VASIMR turns out to be the one (with the right stuff) that makes it to Mars (and back).
Marcia
- I wish ISS could look like this:
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/surfacesrendered/MCSColl2.html
