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We almost had a nuclear space program. It got cancelled for non-technical reasons. On a planet with harder take-off, that program would get all the funds it cou

We almost had a nuclear space program. It got cancelled for non-technical reasons. On a planet with harder take-off, that program would get all the funds it could possibly need.

knodi123 8y ago
> We almost had a nuclear space program. built on the success of a rocket-based program! no way would a country fund a vehicle that spews out a constant stream of nuclear bombs as their species' first foray into orbit!
- glandium 8y ago
  What if they're immune to radiation?
- Florin_Andrei 8y ago
  > a vehicle that spews out a constant stream of nuclear bombs That's not how the NERVA was supposed to work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA
  - extrapickles 8y ago
    ‘Project Orion’ is the spew out a stream of nuclear bombs propulsion technique.
  - exrook 8y ago
    I believe the GP is referring to Project Orion[0], which did propose using repeated nuclear detonations behind a spacecraft to propel it forward. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propu...