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Article #6900Re: 2001/2010 Rocket Engines - What are they?
From: Richard Buenneke
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:32
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:32
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I can't recall the technical details, but I seem to remember that the Leonov was powered by a Sakharov drive. In the book, Sakharov was rehabilitated by a more democratic Soviet government. When he returned from his internal exile to the closed city of Gorky, he brought along thw work he'd done on a fusion power system. On this bit of future history (written in the early 1980s), Clarke batted .333. Sakharov was rehabilitated. Unfortunately, he didn't invent a fusion engine before his death. And while a vehicle named Leonev may someday fly to Jupiter, it won't be carrying Hammer-and-Sickle markings.
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