Re: [SPACE] Miniature Magnetic Orion

From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Tue Apr 08 2003 - 18:59:40 MDT

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    --- "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> wrote:
    > On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Adrian Tymes wrote:
    > > Now if only someone could
    > > come up with a way to do nuclear propulsion in the
    > > Earth's atmosphere that could adequately address
    > > environmental concerns. Perhaps something that
    > either
    > > loses its radioactivity or manufactures heavy
    > cocoons
    > > for itself upon exposure to oxygen?
    >
    > This can be solved using a combination of nanorobots
    > with breeder reactors/accelerators.
    Interesting...but I meant something closer to
    currently available technology. By the time you can
    do Drexlerian nano, nuclear fission is kinda obsolete
    as a high-end power/propulsion system. ^_-



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