VASIMR

I have been reading this thread and technically you haven't addressed
it.

Bill

--- In spacesettlers@y..., "George Perkins" wrote:
>
> I've already addressed that.
>
> We need to focus on non-nuclear.
>
> Your obsession with nuclear is causing you to blink.
>
> Careful.
>
> (lol)
>
> George
> http://cygo.com/
>
> --- In spacesettlers@y..., Ryan Healey wrote:
> >
> > --- George Perkins wrote:
> > >
> > > I think you may be overly concerned about size, mass, and things
> that
> > > are not nuclear.
> >
> > Despite the facts that these things can make a mission impossible.
> >
> > Try moving a small space probe with 600 m long solar panels.
Would
> it be easy?
> >
> > > Lighten up.
> > >
> > > We can't start out with nuclear.
> >
> > Maybe not, but we can try. If we try at first it may make it
> somewhat easier
> > to get it later on.
> >
> > > We're stuck with mass drivers.
> >
> > Not just mass drivers, Solar Steam Rockets would do fine.
> >
> > > You can't face this fact. You want to keep harping about
nuclear.