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> Gives everyone something way better to do with all those nuclear bombs The counterpoint there is it gives lots of reasons to make so many more, increasing pr
by randallsquared 1y ago
> Gives everyone something way better to do with all those nuclear bombs
The counterpoint there is it gives lots of reasons to make so many more, increasing proliferation worries.
However, there's an SF novel that just came out that features nuclear pulse: Fenrir, by Ryk Spoor and (posthumously) Eric Flint. I enjoyed it.
- pavel_lishin 1y agoI should re-read Footfall, by Larry Niven. Quite a few banger lines in there.
- m4rtink 1y agoOrion drive is one long line of bangers by definition! ;-)
- eszed 1y agoMy favorite SF along those lines is King David's Spaceship, by Jerry Pournelle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David%27s_Spaceship https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David%27s_Spaceship
- MadnessASAP 1y agoYeah, if I'm being really honest, I don't want to give anyone an excuse to put a 1000+ nuclear bombs in orbit. Plus the few dozen you'd have to detonate in quick succession to even get it above the karman line.