"Mike Borgelt" wrote in message
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Nerva? Nuclear electric? Call those rockets? Google "Project Orion".
That's what I call a rocket!

Mike Borgelt

Project Orion was the all-time winner in the "Wylie E. Coyote" project
category. Imagine being kicked in the arse once a minute by a 5 kiloton
nuclear explosive. The engineers on this project were described as
overgrown kids putting a REALLY BIG firecracker under a tin can.

However, despite the image, the math DID work and so would the Orion
rocket. The specific impulse of the thing was impressive - at least on
paper. Nuclear-electric drive seems a lot more civilized.

Bill Daniels