[ExI] Why no space colonies or lunar bases? was Mooon.

[Stefano Vaj]

On 25 July 2011 06:12, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:

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> A nuclear launch cannon gets around many of the Orion problems.
> http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/12/sea-based-launch-option-for-nuclear.html
>
>
Wow, this sounds very promising indeed.

Not too comfortable for travellers, I guess, but once you have most of the
payload in orbit or to the moon very cheaply, you can take the luxury of
using chemical rockets or even scramjet-rocket hybrids for fragile items.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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