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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 20:55:11 GMT
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> 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........
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, since it involves @500 atomic explosions to get to orbital v's...if not
more...
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) not (...) Detonating nuclear weapons in space was prohibited by the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963, which banned detonating nuclear devices in the air, in the ocean, or in space. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Transit Time to Mars
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| On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:59:11 GMT, James Powell uttered the following profundities... (...) 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, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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