Space Cargo
Alliant Techsystems (ATK),
world leader in the
launching of cargo to
space and in chemically
fuelled rockets – whose
systems are used in the
launching of space
shuttles –, entered an
agreement with the local
AdAstra Rocket, led by
Costa Rican-born former
NASA astronaut Franklin
Chang, to carry the
latter’s plasma engine
to space.
“It’s an agreement for
the development of
technologies,” Dr. Chang
told the daily La Nación.
He added that this would
make possible carrying
to space AdAstra’s
plasma engine, which
would eventually take
man to Mars and other
places.
If everything goes as
planned, the plasma
engine will be tested in
the International Space
Station in 2010. |
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