Is that ship still stuck?

Re:Is that ship still stuck? by lazide on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:41PM (#26588535)

Those were what, 300kiloton’s ish? So if we go to 1+ megaton we’d be good. Seems reasonable if we go up to 3-4 megatons, maybe we’d even end up with a big enough crater one of these ships could pull a three point turn next time?

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by arethuza on Friday March 26, 2021 @08:07AM (#26591069)

A better way would be to explode one medium sized nuke under the ship, wait a few seconds then explode another and then start exploding nukes behind it until it's going fast enough.

Project Orion did contemplate a 400m diameter ship weighing 8 million tons....

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

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by lazide on Sunday March 28, 2021 @03:56PM (#26613794)

I like the way you think! Saving the global economy through nuclear propulsion of kiloton scale commercial shipping. It could finally get us to Mars?

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by aww_dang on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:51AM (#26589426)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare

>Proposed uses for nuclear explosives under Project Plowshare included widening the Panama Canal, constructing a new sea-level waterway through Nicaragua nicknamed the Pan-Atomic Canal, cutting paths through mountainous areas for highways, and connecting inland river systems.

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