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Physics of Project Orion
I was reading the book "Project Orion" by George Dyson. For those who are unaware, Project Orion was basically a plan to launch a spaceship by flinging bombs out the rear and detonating them. The ...
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Is a Space Shuttle launch as powerful as an "average" nuclear explosion? [closed]
First let's define what an "average" nuclear explosion is, because that's quite a controversial term - "average". Considering that the peak of nuclear tests was at the 1960s, and that the bulk of ...
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