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You can, in fact, put a functional nuclear reactor on a plane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95LAL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95LAL . O
by xyzzyz 7y ago
You can, in fact, put a functional nuclear reactor on a plane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95LAL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95LAL . Of course, it's a terrible idea, but it is feasible.
- m463 7y agoThe holy grail would be to put antimatter on a spaceship. Instead of the pyramid of fuel mass needed to escape a gravity well, the capsule would basically be constant mass. An antimatter-powered spaceship could conquer the solar system or even the universe.
- agumonkey 7y agoRussia sure does like mobile nuclear reactors
- m463 7y agoReading one of the Feynman books, probably "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" I remember the section about nuclear-powered patent ideas, like nuclear-powered spaceship, plane, boat, ... and submarine. We only did the boat and submarine. I guess we did the spaceship too.
- tim333 7y agoThey are still working on it for cruise missiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik