Re:US Government is taking serious step toward space-based n...
by SkyMarshal on Saturday August 12, 2023 @06:37PM
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>As space expands exponentially (as it is likely to do so in the future), failures will become relatively regular.
Or it could go the way of the airline industry where failures become less regular as the industry develops ways of systematically reducing them.
Also, nuclear rockets should probably be launched to earth orbit in pieces, separately, so that if any one launch fails it won’t create a nuclear accident in the biosphere. Then assemble and power up the nuclear rocket as far away from earth as possible.
Or it could go the way of the airline industry where failures become less regular as the industry develops ways of systematically reducing them.
Also, nuclear rockets should probably be launched to earth orbit in pieces, separately, so that if any one launch fails it won’t create a nuclear accident in the biosphere. Then assemble and power up the nuclear rocket as far away from earth as possible.