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Re:New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month tri... by pushrax on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:09PM (#24892191)
This is one of the best Wikipedia entries I have read yet. Concise and relatively plain English. Clear description of benefits, shortcomings, and possible tests.
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Re:New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month tri... by flatline on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:04AM (#24893214)
I have to disagree, the intro is not very concise, and includes needless details without giving a really clear picture of what the thing is. The parent comment gives a better summary!
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Re:New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month tri... by m463 on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:28PM (#24900996)
Terrestrial testing might be subject to reasonable objections; as one physicist wrote, "Writing the environmental impact statement for such tests [...] might present an interesting problem ..."
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