Via the gui ? <| sep |> Tass is owned by the Russian government . That alone should be enough to inspire skepticism . The claims by Mitrofanov are bogusHe claims the radiation dose is unacceptable , but as I showed in this post , radiation exposure is acceptable with a medium speed transit and minimal shielding . He claims we should travel to Mars in weeks rather than months , but to travel to Mars in under two months is beyond even the capability of nuclear thermal rockets , as the deltav required is enormous . That being said , I am in support of Russia developing nuclear spacecraft propulsion . Development of nuclear rocketry is prevented in the US due to political opposition stemming from public fear of anything nuclear . Less free states like Russia or China do not face such obstructions , so they have a comparative advantage .