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Re: Transit Time to Mars
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:37:27 GMT
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:59:11 GMT, "James Powell"
<wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote:
> (oh, I would argue with Larry about the easiest way -right now- to get a 1G
> acceleration out of earth's atmosphere/fallout range...use a Nuclear rocket, a
> la the USAF experiments...Not good in Atomosphere, but not a whit of difference
> in space.)
How do those work? and how much fallout do they leave behind, hanging
in space, waiting for the next vehicle to pass through? I mean, it's
not like radiation shielding isn't difficult enough already..
Anyway, what was it again, Project Orion?
Build a bloody huge metal/concrete platform, take the worlds supply of
nukes, detonate in series underneath. High, if shocky, thrust upward.
Jasper
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| (...) a (...) difference (...) You use Hydrogen gas as the coolant on a nuclear reactor, then vent it out the backside ('hot' as in thermally hot, not radioactive) The radiation from it is not all that intense...space is a vast area, and radiation (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Actually, you can make them burn at almost any rate you want to. It is a question of how much exposed area there is to burn at once. The SRB motors have a * shaped hole in the middle of them right from top to bottom. This produces a very large (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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