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As I understand , nuclear power wasn't used for space exploration mostly for political reasons. It's considered quite unpopular to put nuclear engines which fly
by louhike 4y ago
As I understand , nuclear power wasn't used for space exploration mostly for political reasons. It's considered quite unpopular to put nuclear engines which fly above people heads. There are therefore a lot of regulations for the use of nuclear propulsion, which has discouraged its use for now.
- roywiggins 4y agoWell, political reasons generally, and the Partial Test Ban treaty in particular. It turns out there's really good reasons to limit the number of bombs detonated in the atmosphere, and for that matter the number of bombs, period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propuls...