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Nuclear thermal rocket?

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  • MikM Offline
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    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-pentagon-s-nuclear-thermal-rocket-is-getting-serious/ar-AAXayUl?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=4372b2eb55694167a2916c126e0c8994

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • George KG Offline
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      What we need is the Epstein Drive.

      If you could provide constant acceleration at 1g a trip to the moon would be a matter of 3 hours allowing for the deceleration phase, also at 1g.

      Mars? About 2 days. Jupiter is 5 days.

      https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/840/how-fast-will-1g-get-you-there

      These times are, of course for when the planet is closest to Earth, so ymmv.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        The Epstein Drive doesn’t power itself.

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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