From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   eripe  wrote:   
      
   >On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 6:19:12 AM UTC+7, timj...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> Obviously it's infeasible to armour against a nuke with reasonable weight   
   allowances, but what if we go heavy sci-fi and imagine ships that are several   
   kilometers in length?   
   >>   
   >> Against something like a hiroshima level 15 kt nuke, would the ship be   
   reasonably protected from penetration of its hull if it had a skin of, say, 5   
   meters of solid tungsten?   
   >   
   >   
   >Try to find some data from Project Orion or Daedalus. They want to propel a   
   spacecraft by detonating nukes behind a pusherplate.   
   >   
   >http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/ is a good place to start.   
      
      
      
   http://www.up-ship.com/apr/michael.htm   
      
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