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February 5th 04, 10:15 PM
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"Mike Borgelt" wrote in message news 
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 
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