Russia is looking into the nuclear option to put a man on Mars. This article notes that it will be expensive. I'm no economist, but I think they're probably in a better position financially to take on such a project than the U.S. or any other country.
Russia Looks to Go Nuclear in Race to Mars
The chief of Russia’s space agency has proposed the construction of a nuclear-powered spaceship in order to take people to Mars and other planets.
The expensive and technologically challenging project is projected to take about 12 years to prepare, according to Anatoly Perminov, who posted remarks about the proposed ship on the Russian space agency’s Web site.
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