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Old 02-19-12, 12:57 AM   #9
TLAM Strike
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Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
Someone needs to add a caveat into the ban on atomic weapons in space so we can get the bloody Orion spaceship going. You'd have to build it in space, but if the math is right, we'd be cruising to Pluto and beyond within a year.
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that.

Maybe there is hope for the Mini-Mag Orion (a drive that combined fissionable material in a magnetic engine bell). Perhaps that design could then be re-purposed for a M/AM drive if that fuel ever becomes economically feasible.
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