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>>10163712
You know you apparently missed the part where I was talking about deadly radiation!!!!!1111ONEONEONE

And shielding is heavy anon!
Then you get the problem of wanting to keep food and water for the trip for the people not to starve.
And you need some space to move around oh and look how large this is getting.

We are talking something the size of the craft in 2001 a space odyssey especially the artificial gravity to keep the astronauts from losing their bones and muscles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wJQ5UrAsIY

The moon missions and all space missions before this where literally man in diapers who shat into their diapers thrown in a peace of crap box for a handful of days.

>>9674540
Another concept that was dropped.
I think this was supposed to have Orion drive.
Kubrick killed that because the idea of the ship putt-putting along on a series of nuclear blasts was too reminiscent of "Dr Strangelove".