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I'm not experienced in this but if there was a launch failure isn't that basically a dirty bomb?
by gravypod 4y ago
I'm not experienced in this but if there was a launch failure isn't that basically a dirty bomb?
- hrgiger 4y agoyes, I can take that as an answer:)
- vihren 4y agoThat's the issue exactly. Many things can go wrong if you place a lot of radioactive material on top of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks.
- aerostable_slug 4y agoNot if it's built correctly. The problem is that would be weight-prohibitive (vs. putting a small nuclear thermoelectric generator into a very tough housing, which has been done for years).