Marduk Wrote:
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> this is really bad news
> really really bad news
Well
forget watching a launch. A mishap could vaporize the state of Florida.
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Wasn't it Carl Sagan who was opposed to this type of propulsion? There are some scary concenrs about what happens when a nuclear explosion happens in empty space .... some phycisist (name escapes me) was adamant about testing warheads in orbit. Thing is, without the same resistence as thicker (lower) atmosphere, the blast wave would go until it hit something, possibly 'purging' Earth's orbit of all satellites and craft.