To: sonofstrangelove
Sure, for a minute or two maybe. But without continual propulsion that thing is gonna slow down to well under escape velocity long before it reaches anything close to orbit. Then it’s just a dumb ballistic missile.
9 posted on
06/27/2009 11:23:18 PM PDT by
Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
Or should that be, ballistic projectile?
10 posted on
06/27/2009 11:24:15 PM PDT by
Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
Well its based on the Project Orion.Nuclear pulse propulsion is a proposed method of spacecraft propulsion that uses nuclear explosions for thrust. It was first developed as Project Orion by DARPA, after a suggestion by Stanislaw Ulam in 1947.
12 posted on
06/27/2009 11:25:15 PM PDT by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: Larry Lucido
If you’re at “escape velocity” you have enough KE to leave the influence of the gravity well in question. Values less than that specified for the given well can result in either falling back down or an orbit...
19 posted on
06/27/2009 11:37:20 PM PDT by
Axenolith
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