Radiation from one airplane reactor design they tested... those are pretty damned high levels! 5e4 erg/g is 500 rad!pic.twitter.com/Mz8u4yYU5c
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@wellerstein So what was the payoff? Continuous flight?
@AstuteDoofus Ideally, but amazingly at rad levels that high they started to run into problems with the aircraft materials getting damaged
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@wellerstein with subs they must be able to use as much shielding as they like (no issue w/weight)? -
@AstuteDoofus@wellerstein Arguably big weight/CoG issues with where they've mounted the reactor here... -
@eamonhamilton@AstuteDoofus@wellerstein Major red flags (esp. reactor/shielding weight) from the start, but USAF and Congress ignored.
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