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YesRushGen
post Sep 4 2008, 05:27 PM
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Hi all, I am a frequent lurker here at UMSF and rarely post. I came across the following link today and I found it a fascinating read. I thought I would share for any interested persons who had not read this before.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntr..._1989007533.pdf

Cheers!

Kelly
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- YesRushGen   Unmanned Mission to Alpha Centauri   Sep 4 2008, 05:27 PM
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||- - Mark6   QUOTE (JRehling @ Sep 4 2008, 11:09 PM) T...   Oct 23 2008, 08:53 PM
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- - Greg Hullender   There's a good bit of serious information on t...   Sep 10 2008, 03:01 AM
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|- - Stephen   QUOTE (JRehling @ Sep 11 2008, 04:54 AM) ...   Sep 23 2008, 03:41 AM
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