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Aron Schatz
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January 20, 2003
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Some interesting things in the space news today.

NASA wants to use nuclear propulsion. They also want to go to Mars within this decade!

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Researchers believe new nuclear propulsion systems could triple the current speed limit for space travel of 29,000 kilometres per hour. This would make it possible, for example, get to Mars in two months, rather than six. But NASA has dismissed media speculation that it is planning a nuclear-fuelled mission to take astronauts to Mars.


First Israeli in space symbolic.

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Colonel Ramon, a 48-year-old combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force and the son of a Holocaust survivor, is the first citizen of his country to venture into space. The accomplishment, he said, is not his alone.


A trick black hole.

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When working with big numbers and data from faraway places, small errors can have huge consequences. Black holes, for example, can seem to pop in and out of existence, only to possibly materialize yet again.


Top 10 mysteries for 2003.

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The funny thing about discoveries is that they often produce new mysteries, too. This year was no exception, as many remarkable space science findings generated puzzling problems for astronomers to look into.

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