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Re: Transit Time to Mars
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 00:13:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, James Powell writes:
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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........
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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, since it involves @500 atomic explosions to get to orbital v's...if • not
> more...
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, Emily
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| (...) Not to be nitpicky here, and I haven't bothered to look it up, but is it it possible that this treaty doesn't apply for either of the following two charmingly definitional loopholes? 1. The treaty bans weapons usage in these spheres. A drive, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Transit Time to Mars
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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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