Thanks for that link! Very good info on there about the mission parameters and the actual science behind getting to Mars using this propulsion technology. After

Thanks for that link! Very good info on there about the mission parameters and the actual science behind getting to Mars using this propulsion technology. After reading Red Mars (thanks to whomever recommended that book in a previous HN post) I'm stoked that we are THIS close to getting a mission to Mars. If someone like Elon Musk (you knew someone was going to mention him) could fund this...he has the rockets to get to the space station, he could build the ship to get to Mars from there...