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Re:NASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Miss... by gigaparsec on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:23PM (#34513592)
To make it even worse, that's based on an average density 1.8 atoms/c3. The real values would probably vary wildly, and you won't be able to "break" in advance in order to go through a high density area.

And then there's the problem of hitting an interstellar grain of sand at 0.5c.

Re:NASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Miss... by mr_toad on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @12:41AM (#34514838)
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