Adrian Tymes wrote: > --- David Weinshenker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well obviously you wouldn't want to test it in an > > atmosphere, for the exact opposite reason that you > > can't test a lot of electric propulsion methods in > > an atmosphere! > > You misunderstand: the nuclear material has to get > into space somehow (the most coherent form of this > objection I've heard is, "what if the rocket blows up > and all the nuclear material rains down on us since > the radioactive atoms themselves don't burn up?")
I thought technology had been developed (for RTG programs) to make containers for radioactives that can survive even an accidental re-entry... > and even once it's out there, some people still object to > "nukes in space". Now that's just plain silly... space propulsion is one of the few applications for nuclear power that _isn't_ sinfully wasteful of the energy density. (Ocean propulsion - especially submarines - may be another...) -dave w _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
