Re: starship-design: HOTOL SeaDragon idea.

[KellySt@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/3/02 9:31:56 PM, bfranchuk@jetnet.ab.ca writes:

>KellySt@aol.com wrote:
>> Good point about the politics.  Course you could simply flag it out of
>
>> another country that doesn't worry about such things.  Or get a powerfull
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>> enough backer to ignor the Eco-nuts.
>> 
>> Certainly nuclear power is critical if we ae to do any deep space stuff.
> 
>> Even manmed flights to Mars would be far to risky and dificult without
>nukes. 
>>  So if you can't get nukes, you can't do space.
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>Anti-matter is the only way to go once in orbit.
>http://www.transorbital.net/Library/D001_S01.html
>Also I think with cheap solar power from space
>the cost could be resonable.


To dangerous and unstable.  I doubt it would be competative with fusion.