Canadian Space Agency Shows Off Prototype Rovers 70
An anonymous reader writes "At its headquarters in Longueuil, Que. Friday, the Canadian Space Agency rolled out a fleet of about a half-dozen prototype rovers that are the forerunners of vehicles that may one day explore the moon or Mars. The agency said the terrestrial rovers bring it one step closer to developing the next generation for space exploration."
On what Rocket? (Score:2, Funny)
But how are they going to get them to Mars Eh?
Secret LOX and Maple Syrup rockets?
Re:On what Rocket? (Score:5, Funny)
But how are they going to get them to Mars Eh?
Secret LOX and Maple Syrup rockets?
I had to think on that one. But I did that calculations and found that maple syrup only has about a fifth the enthalpy of combustion of something like RP-1. And Canadian maple syrup is famous for being pretty viscous. It might clog up the rocket engines and I don't think any Canadian could in good conscience adulterate the maple syrup to make it flow more smoothly. I understand that they have a large strategic stockpile, but I think they should just feed it to their astronauts and continue to use normal rocket fuel for their spacecraft.