[aruanan]

Thanks for an interesting read. Where does something like cubane fit in in power yields between nuclear and ordinary chemical rockets? Could it employ the same technology as the nuclear-pulse driven ships?

[Oleg Panczenko]

“Where does something like cubane fit in in power yields between nuclear and ordinary chemical rockets? Could it employ the same technology as the nuclear-pulse driven ships?”

I would think that the extremely low energy density of any chemical explosive makes it unsuitable for Orion-type spacecraft.