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Have you considered the acceleration that such a nuclear pulse drive creates? I am totally with you on the topic, not just with living organisms. If it were onl
by maze-le 8y ago
Have you considered the acceleration that such a nuclear pulse drive creates? I am totally with you on the topic, not just with living organisms. If it were only electronics that need to be transported the force by acceleration wouldn't be such a huge issue. But any living organism that is to be transported is such a way needs to be able to adapt to pretty extreme acceleration/deceleration forces.
- avian 8y agoMaybe parent is a bit optimistic, both in terms of costs and travel time, but the orders of magnitude are approximately correct. Project Orion did come up with theoretical designs that were feasible for human travel (1 g acceleration). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propuls...
- maze-le 8y agoHuh, interesting... I always thought this kind of propulsion would be an almost instantaneous transmission of energy, thus enormous acceleration in a small timeframe. Thanks for the link...