NASA: Nuclear power and propulsion a must for manned Mars shot

Nuclear power and propulsion technologies such as those being developed under NASA's Project Prometheus will be essential to any future human mission to Mars, according to NASA's associate administrator for space science. "I would maintain if you really are serious about sending humans to Mars and...

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