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Re: Transit Time to Mars
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 18:25:46 GMT
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:59:11 GMT, James Powell uttered the following
profundities...
> (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.)
Weren't these banned under one of the START treaties? I seem
to recall some treaty of some description banning most types
of Nuclear rockets. It could, however, have been motors that
utilised nuclear explosions as a means of propulsion........
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| (...) As far as I can tell, they are not banned...either the "lucifer" type, using multi nuke bombs to push you, or a constant nuke reactor type. However, the Lucifer type is -not- something I want to be on the _planet_ that they test it out on, (...) (25 years ago, 30-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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