@Andrew Popa 2.0 exactly my point, and they want to skip the nuclear powered phase entirely and go straight into laser prolusion and solar sails

It can bring any asteroid out of the oort belt and let it circle the earth in a stable orbit for mining

Why mine asteroids? Just crash them into Siberia and come in with trains and choppers.

Well in thay case it depends

that is a pipe dream;lasers can't provide the power

There is research in all methods of propulsion

we'd have fusion reactors if we had those kinds of materials

Asteroids have far more rare earth materials than earthly mines do

but asteroids are in space

possibly in more pure form too

it'd be Fusion Powered and it'd be a laser propulsion system that uses solar sails for interplanetary travel

mines can be accessed by any pleb

not even

A nuclear-thrust rocket that will last you many years can retrieve asteroid from space without causing a disaster

laser propulsion requires a quantum leap in about 4 differnt field

And erthlings then gain some precious mineral

nuclear thrust?

remember, there isn't a displacement medium

Anyways back to previous topic the ruskies are basically trying to get the Americans into dick measuring contest again

the Orion drive is the only feasible idea

It is already is being used on small satellites that leave solar system

Aye bruno you want some pizza?

But those are ion thruster powered by a nuclear device

those are nuclear thermal ion drives

Russia tried a thermonuclear this time

the thruster is still an ion drive

without us breaking all current laws of physics we know off, there wont be any FTL tech. So settle in for the Solar Empire and the of chance of other far far away Solar based Empires

A bit different, but kinda similar

Thing out of the US, China and Russia Russia is the least likely power to produce such weaponry and field them on a large scale

it's power plant is just different

No, the reactor was not a fusion one

It was a fission one

Fusion reactors are in their infancy

Fusion reactor is futuretech lads

remember that

Do not make a mistake of underestimating Russia or China

Yes

That mistake will cost ya

ah, fusion reactors are not yet proven feasible

What we have is Fission

they could just be perpetual motion machines when trying such a thing without a massive gravity well