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OK, the previous ref was for nuclear pulse propulsion, which I'm sure you consider completely different.
by greglindahl 10y ago
OK, the previous ref was for nuclear pulse propulsion, which I'm sure you consider completely different.
- dTal 10y agoThey are extremely different. One is a highly impractical idea from the 1940s, and the other is a relatively recent and promising design that continues to be refined.
- m_mueller 10y agoWhat's exactly impractical about a nuclear pulse drive - conventionally launched and activated outside the atmosphere? We know how to build that stuff safely to account for launch failures, it has been done with RTGs many times already.