To: Vaquero; KevinDavis; SunkenCiv
How bad would it be for a nuclear propulsion spacecraft to explode during ascent?
29 posted on
07/06/2009 6:02:59 PM PDT by
wastedyears
(The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
To: wastedyears; Vaquero; KevinDavis; SunkenCiv
How bad would it be for a nuclear propulsion spacecraft to explode during ascent?
If I read their theory on this, they're talking about a, "Project Orion," craft that uses nuclear explosions while already in space. Liftoff would still involve an H/O2 chemical rocket.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, folks.
33 posted on
07/06/2009 6:19:13 PM PDT by
RandallFlagg
(30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
To: wastedyears; RandallFlagg
45 posted on
07/07/2009 3:11:11 AM PDT by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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