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...Ion-propulsion engines--in which a portable nuclear reactor heats charged gas and then fires it out the rear of the spacecraft--already exist and are capable of accelerating ships to very high speeds. But the stream of ions the engines produce is a thin one, and even a small ship requires a long time to accelerate--a problem when time is the very thing you're trying to limit. Another possibility is nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses a larger reactor to superheat traditional propellant and blast it out the engine nozzle. Things move a lot faster with such...
Kodak EasyShare DX6490 Camera This big daddy offers 4 megapixels and 10x optical zoom to produce detailed wide-angle shots and vivid close-ups. Best part: the lithium-ion battery really lasts. kodak.com...
...metrosexual. Chief among the qualifying characteristics is this Californian’s ability to put together a decent outfit. “I think style is all about innovation, and assertion,” he says. “And other words that end in -ion.” He gave FM a glimpse of his closet caliber this week, and also makes a cover cameo...
...believe Signora Frola, because she was the first to speak, and because she clucks with such matronly concern over her daughter and her son-in-law, and because Joan Plowright invests her with such easy dignity. In fact, there are no facts, just testimony. As Laudisi, the one skeptic ion the crowd, says, "Oh please! What can you learn from facts? ... What on earth can we ever know about anyone else? Do you think we know, really know, who other people are, or what they are, or what they...
...Game Boy Advance SP ($99.95), due out March 23, should help keep the good times rolling. About half the size of the Game Boy Advance, it sports a backlighted screen, rechargeable lithium-ion battery and a choice of a pretty cobalt blue or handsome platinum case...