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acidburnNSA
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Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiti...
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...
option
on June 18, 2019
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yes, we should explore (and eventually exploit) all forms of propulsion and decide between them based on physics, not politics
ekianjo
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That Orion project was a failure though. No tangible results to exploit.
tntn
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I think it more just ended than failed.
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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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