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   Thomas Koenig to els.dallas@gmail.com   
   Re: Potential torch drives   
   29 Dec 18 17:01:01   
   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   els.dallas@gmail.com  schrieb:   
      
   > The major problem with NSWR is how to keep the uranium from   
   > spontaneous uncontrolled nuclear detonation inside the vehicle. That   
   > is the step 2 that Mr. Chung alluded to in his post. This is a   
   > problem that to date, Zubrin can't actually solve.   
      
   OK, this does sound like a potentially serious problem :-)   
      
   However, I'm not sure that this is something that can not   
   be handled.  Using a boron- oder cadmium containing open-cell   
   structure (foam, or a lattice, or parallel pipes, or...)   
   should do the trick.   
      
   Plastics reinforced with boron fibers seem like a good   
   material at first glance.   
      
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