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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Irishman: [QB] Replies to several issues. Number one - the issue is not whether or not to have nuclear power (there are 436 nuclear power plants operational worldwide, most of which went online between the 1970's and 1990's - check the [URL=http://www.nrc.gov]www.nrc.gov[/URL] and other sources). It's not even whether or not to have nuclear power in space (the Cassini probe did that years ago). For the short 10-20 minutes the reactor would be in atmospheric flight from the launchpad to LEO, the risk would be minimal. There are nuclear reactors in navy submarines and carriers, even fusion reactors scattered across the globe at various research labs. There is antimatter being used in medical scans every day (via the Positron Emission Tomography), which functions through controlled Matter-Antimatter collisions. Number two - a spacecraft equipped with a Podkletnov artificial gravity/inertial cancellers would not be limited to a 1g delta v. Accelerations would be limited only by the energy levels produced by the drive (in this case I think we were discussing a beam core antimatter drive). As for testing, of COURSE it would be tested! My God above! Number three - regarding the relative danger of a nuclear-powered or m/ar-powered craft, the last I checked, the space program is a volunteer organization, at least in America. Noone is forced to be put in these dangerous situations. Yet, if we do not take great risk, we will not acheive great things. Number four - the Energia was just an example given. I could just as easily have suggested a Proton booster rocket. The point was that booster rockets could assist the VentureStar into LEO. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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