NASA manned Mars mission to develop Star Wars technology
The space nuclear electric power generators which NASA is proposing to develop for manned flight to Mars will be used to power lasers for ballistic missile defense:
http://www.llnl.gov/str/April02/pdfs/04_02.3.pdf
which has real nice illustrations of a working unit, and
http://www.abqjournal.com/paperboy/ia/scitech/533280news12-09-01.htm
which discusses their testing and the abandonment of chemically powered lasers.
have a real good day,
EP
