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Could NASA-funded fusion rocket shoot humans to Mars in 30 days?

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Question added by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India
Date Posted: 2014/12/11
Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

A research group at the University of Washington, funded by NASA, is about to build a fusion-powered rocket. This rocket, if it can be successfully built, could propel a manned spacecraft to Mars in just30 days — compared to NASA’s estimate of four years for a Martian round trip using current technology.