[HN Gopher] Rosatom's new plasma engine could potentially cut Ma...
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       Rosatom's new plasma engine could potentially cut Mars travel time
       to 60 days
        
       Author : LorenDB
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2025-02-11 20:36 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.notebookcheck.net)
        
       | rasz wrote:
       | notebookcheck getting paid to spread bs russian propaganda?
       | 
       | For uninitiated:
       | 
       | 2021 Russia's robot tanks impress at Zapad war games
       | https://asiatimes.com/2021/09/russias-robot-tanks-impress-at...
       | 
       | 2025 The State Duma deputy called the "normal practice" the use
       | of donkeys at the front at the front in Ukraine
       | https://baltimorechronicle.com/politika/2025/02/10/the-state...
       | 
       | Russia Appears To Deploy Troops on Horseback in Ukraine
       | https://www.newsweek.com/russia-troops-horseback-ukraine-war...
        
         | blacksmith_tb wrote:
         | It could be true, and still propaganda, or false and
         | propaganda? If true, pretty interesting, but presumably we
         | might want input on the general feasibility of such an engine
         | from a few rocket scientists. I notice mention of fuel is
         | conspicuously absent, I would think you'd need a lot, if your
         | engine is producing that much thrust...
        
           | mmooss wrote:
           | I really assume it's unintentional but the parent comment
           | isn't being reasonable - as most people would intitially
           | think - it's doing exactly what a propagandist wants. It's
           | exactly what a propagandist would say (as a shill, etc.).
           | 
           | > It could be true
           | 
           | That's the nature of even decent propaganda.
           | 
           | > ... and still propaganda, or false and propaganda? If true,
           | pretty interesting, but presumably we might want input on the
           | general feasibility of such an engine from a few rocket
           | scientists. I notice mention of fuel is conspicuously absent,
           | I would think ...
           | 
           | In fact, if it was clearly true, it would be poor propaganda.
           | The goal of propaganda isn't to persuade people, but to
           | consume the enemy's resources, bog them down, and confuse
           | them - to immobilize them.
           | 
           | You might notice a lot of immobilization in our society
           | today. How about a discussion of climate change? Privacy?
           | Vaccines? What, impossible to discuss? How can that be?
           | 
           |  _Cui bono?_ - that 's the clarifying, penetrating question;
           | the assault on propaganda.
        
       | mmooss wrote:
       | Is there an independent, credible source on this?
        
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