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Nuclear fission isn't being used because it can't genenrate enough acceleration for a large spacecraft? I don't me to take off from earth but once in space, to
by _8j50 5y ago
Nuclear fission isn't being used because it can't genenrate enough acceleration for a large spacecraft? I don't me to take off from earth but once in space, to reach relativistic speeds.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Longshot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Longshot
- ericbarrett 5y agoI think if we built a nuclear-propulsion probe it would use something like NERVA, which was a working prototype. Nuclear pulse propulsion is far more speculative and too close to a weapon to be practical in the next few centuries.
- _8j50 5y agoWhy centuries? What is missing?