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

[Stefano Vaj]

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.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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