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This is a normal post the US spent a billion dollars trying between 1946 and 1961
clicky
(, Thu 30 Jun 2022, 10:21, Reply)
This is a normal post They probably spent just as much on men trying to kill goats with their minds.

(, Thu 30 Jun 2022, 12:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Nuclear propulsion is not the same thing as a nuclear reactor powering electric motors (like in submarines and aircraft carriers).
The main problem with nuclear propulsion is that it spits out radioactive exhaust, poisoning everything in its path. So obviously it was reimagined as a doomsday weapon:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile
The Americans stopped researching this, because they might be mad but they're not crazy.

The Russians however...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik
(, Thu 30 Jun 2022, 18:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Did you see the announcement from China about their nuclear propulsion mission to Neptune?
I expect so, but you never know.
(, Thu 30 Jun 2022, 21:16, Reply)
This is a normal post I did not.
For a minute there I was hopeful that Clarke's subplot to 2010 was coming true, but alas it's a probe.
(, Thu 30 Jun 2022, 23:58, Reply)