Re: 100 megaton bombs atop Saturn V rockets
From: Derek Lyons (fairwater_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/20/04
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:38:05 GMT
henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) wrote:
>For purposes of reference, the MIT Project Icarus effort assumed 5.5 kt/kg
>(a 100MT bomb weighing 40klb before the addition of spaceflight packaging).
Almost certainly such a weapon would be *far* lighter today. Not only
because of the overall increase in efficiency, but because each stage
adds a multiple of the explosive power, while adding a fraction of the
weight.
I've crossed this to a.w.n. as the folks there will know better than
the folks here.
D.
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