Ron Wanttaja wrote:
they powered Honolulu with
the output of *one* of these subs.

Cooling them in space, where you don't have access to billions of tons of cold
sea water, is left to the good offices of your local thermal engineer.

Ron Wanttaja

Help me out with this one. While all the sci-fi I sopped up as a kid
referred to the "cold of outer space," isn't vacuum a perfect insulator?
How WOULD you cool the reactors (or whatever engine) with no atmosphere
or handy heavy liquid at lower temp? Wouldn't it take a long time for
the excited molecules to settle down?

I love this thread.