Rattle wrote:
] ] President Bush is set to endorse using nuclear power to
] ] explore Mars and open up the outer Solar System.

The fact is that we simply can't get deeper into space without moving this direction, and NASA has been planning this for quite some time. By putting his name on it, Bush takes credit for something was in the works long before he showed up, for better or for worse...

I expect this issue to be really annoying. People will jump to protest it without understanding what the risks actually are. Even the analysis will be biased. You can bet the left wing organizations will have data showing that its dangerous. You can bet NASA will have data showing that its not. You can bet no one on either side will really be interested in listening to anything they don't want to hear.

Cloning issue, round two, fight!

RE: BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa to go nuclear