Jumping the Gun.

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, Lucio de Souza Coelho
wrote:

> An Orion-type ship would turn the reaction mass stuff into a non-
problem.
> However, it is currently politically impossible to launch a giant
spaceship
> propelled by H-bombs, and I would say that it will remain
politically
> impossible for many decades to come.

Hmm, I wonder which option would be most palatable to the general
public: sending a reactor core into orbit, or launching H-bombs to
be fitted to the Orion? I'd love to witness the debate on that.

Visions of Chernobyl or visions of Bikini atoll.

TangoMan