[extropy-chat] balloon stations at the edge of space

[Dan Clemmensen]

Henrique Moraes Machado - HeMM wrote:

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>De: "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury at aeiveos.com>
>Para: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Enviada em: segunda-feira, 24 de maio de 2004 14:21
>Assunto: Re: [extropy-chat] balloon stations at the edge of space
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>| There would seem to be at least 7+ countries that have
>| more or less independently resolved the question of
>| bomb production and at least one, perhaps three countries
>| that have resolved the question of how to send rockets
>| to the moon.  Producing nuclear propelled spaceships
>| launched from the moon is not a question of technology
>| it is a question of desire.
>(...)
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>It's more a question of money. The costs are astronomic (no pun intended). I agree that it's possible. There are plans for nuclear ships since (if I'm not wrong) the sixties. I'd like to see one before I pass (or before I have my brain uploaded... :-)
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Please see the link for a history of the NS Savannah, a Nuclear-powered 
ship. Comissioned in 1965, she was decomissioned in 1971 because she was 
not well designed for economical freight handling. This had nothing to 
do with her power plant. Of course, there are many nuclear-powered 
submarines, also.

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/NS%20Savannah