A Space Age R100 or R101?

[james_davis_nicoll]

The drama of the Orion nuclear rocket revisited.

Of course, comparing an Orion to the R101 is unfair: the R101 actually got built.

Comments

Re: Boom! Boom Boom Boom! BOOM!

[seawasp]

Um, are you forgetting the SPACESHIP I'm planning to put the nukes INTO? I've got your delivery system RIGHT HERE, and it's armored to TAKE THE BLAST, even.

Re: Boom! Boom Boom Boom! BOOM!

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

"You guys do what I want, or I am going to land my nuclear bomb powered spacecraft right in the middle of what used to be your city before I landed on it."

Re: Boom! Boom Boom Boom! BOOM!

[(Anonymous)]

You know, I've never figured out how you _land_ one of those things without some sort of supplementary propulsion. Using nukes, it strikes me as a bit tricky to kill the last bit of velocity, once you're within a few hundred feet of the ground...graduated sizes of nukes?

Bruce