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To: ckilmer

Hmmmm, a chamber lined with U-238 to enclose a D-T fusion reaction.

Now, where have I heard about such an arrangement before?

4 posted on 07/12/2015 5:28:52 PM PDT by doorgunner69

To: doorgunner69

"Now, where have I heard about such an arrangement before? "

All it needs is a 3rd stage...

7 posted on 07/12/2015 5:31:50 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)

To: doorgunner69

You heard it in “Footfall”, by Niven and Pournelle, where we launched spaceships using very carefully timed nuclear explosions.

50 posted on 07/12/2015 11:29:44 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")

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