Mars in 39 days with Vasimr?
Vasimr engines plus 200 MW of nuclear "batteries" =
39 days to Mars
A proposed portable nuclear reactor (simplified solid core)
is the size of a hot tub and will be able to generate 27MW.
It is in funded development. A 200 KW version of the Vasimr
engine is being ground tested in 2008 and a flight version is
being readied for 2010.
Seven of the nuclear generators would provide 200 MW of
power to enable 39 day one way trips to Mars. Two technologies
that are both in funded development and with no major feasibility
questions could revolutionize space travel.
Full article here:
http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/11/vasimr-engines-plus-200-mw-of-nuclear.html