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hedgie:
There are certainly people mad enough. Thus far, none are in a position to actually *do* it.
Morituri:
Yah, the idea of handling supercritical solutions of enriched uranium salts as fuel is ridiculous enough. Putting it into a detonation chamber where it reaches critical mass and detonates - CONTINUOUSLY - is just ... A nuclear explosion isn't enough, now you have to find a way to sustain one for some duration of time up to several hours?!
As yet, I don't think we need to worry about anybody attempting to build one of those though; Nobody's even pretending they've figured out a way to make a detonation chamber that will last as long as the explosion.
Orion, on the other hand... we could have actually built that forty years ago. We just didn't, because somebody sane was in the decision loop.
Is it cold in here?:
Good lord, I'd never heard about the nuclear salt water rocket. That makes Project Pluto look like a reasonable idea by comparison.
Pilchard123:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvZjhWE-3zM
Morituri:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 15 Feb 2021, 21:53 ---Good lord, I'd never heard about the nuclear salt water rocket. That makes Project Pluto look like a reasonable idea by comparison.
--- End quote ---
After reading up about a nuclear-powered cruise missile that can be launched from anywhere on earth to hit anywhere else on earth, launching nuclear bombs as sub-munitions along the way.... Or circle over the ocean for literally months, waiting for an order about where targets are to be found....
Jeesus, if that's what they call 'Project Pluto', I don't want to know what they think looks 'Goofy.'
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