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>> No.14573069 [View]
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>>14573059
>Is there anything better that is as realistically attainable?
Yes. Pic related.

>> No.11737482 [View]
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The highest energy propulsion currently possible for spaceflight was already established.

>> No.11731514 [View]
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There's no way they don't have a couple of these bad boys somewhere.

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>>8818332
It's not a question of efficiency, its a question of cost & practicality
High thrust has its own advantages

I've never read that the nuclear pulse unit concept WOULDN'T WORK, merely a question of how efficient it is, which would require testing/optimization.

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>>7287100
See pic. Nuclear pulse units wouldn't be built like nuclear weapons. They're more like shaped charges that shoot out propellent in one direction, against the pusher plate.

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