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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by acidburnNSA on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:25AM (#20213356)
Are you talking about the propulsion system where a series of nuclear explosions push the vessel along?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propuls...

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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by option on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:29AM (#20213408)
yes, we should explore (and eventually exploit) all forms of propulsion and decide between them based on physics, not politics
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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by ekianjo on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:49AM (#20213674)
That Orion project was a failure though. No tangible results to exploit.
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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by tntn on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @11:46AM (#20214374)
I think it more just ended than failed.
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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by option on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @11:30AM (#20214182)
my point is that because of fear of nuclear no further research was done. It is now super hard to even get enough material for a rector/battery such as the one on Curiosity
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