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That would make it amazingly great that this is impossible in part because of the SALT treaty!
(IIRC it was the partial test ban treaty that stopped Orion, though. But I won't let reality get in the way here...)
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@BeyondNerva here's an expert on space-based nuclear propulsion who can answer questions on this Twitter thread :) -
I'd actually defer to
@nyrath on this. I focus on the nitty gritty of the reactors themselves. Ship design is definitely his balliwick more than mine! - 10 more replies
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Mini-mag gets around this by using a z-pinch to induce microfission, at the cost of dry mass four a nuclear reactor and supercapacitors for the firing.
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