[ExI] extropy-chat Digest, Vol 90, Issue 29

[Stefano Vaj]

On 22 March 2011 13:13, Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 15 March 2011 22:08, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:48 PM,  Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On 13 March 2011 16:15, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> That takes raising the exhaust velocity to~ 9 km/sec and the only way
>> >> we know to do that is beamed energy.
>> >
>> > Why nuclear would not work?
>>
>> Too heavy, though it was considered.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rocket  and search for
>> Dumbo.
>>
>>
> Will read it, thank you.
>

No, I was considering Project Orion propulsion.

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Stefano Vaj
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