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Russian space chief proposes nuclear spaceship

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 -
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MOSCOW — Russia’s space agency is planning to build a new spaceship with a nuclear engine, its chief said Wednesday.

Anatoly Perminov told a government meeting Wednesday that the preliminary design could be ready by 2012. He said it will then take nine more years and 17 billion rubles ($600 million, 400 million euros) to build the ship.

 
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