XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.astro   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   Sjouke Burry  wrote on Thu, 14 Jun   
   2018 15:15:59 +0200:   
      
   >   
   >There was a design for interstellar traffic, using a big protection plate   
   >behind the spacepod, using a spring loaded tube to connect them,and   
   >provide a bit of distance between ship and plate.   
   >Explode nuclear bombs behind that shield.   
   >Current technology could implement it, but it would be kind of expensive.   
   >   
      
   Notional design, not a real design.  1950's technology could implement   
   it, as that was when the idea was originally looked at (Project   
   Orion).  This is not 'interstellar traffic' in the sense 'Doc' means,   
   since transit times would be measured in centuries.   
      
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