From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   winchellchung@gmail.com  schrieb:   
      
   > People were up in arms about using a nuclear pulse Orion drive   
   > for boosting payload from Earth's surface into orbit. Something   
   > about detonating hundreds of small nuclear bombs in the atmosphere   
   > alarmed them. ;)   
      
   > Zubrin's infamous nuclear salt-water rocket is much worse,   
   > since it is a *continuously detonating* nuclear explosion drive.   
      
   Depends.   
      
   First, I don't hink anybody ever seriously considered using   
   Orion or a nuclear salt-water rocket close to Earth's atmosphere.   
      
   Otherwise, a continuous burn is far less destructive than a   
   sudden one - compare with what happens when a conventional   
   bomb explodes, compared to what happens if a solid rocket   
   booster burns.   
      
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