Re: 100 megaton bombs atop Saturn V rockets

From: Pat Flannery (flanner_at_daktel.com)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:35:32 -0500

Carey Sublette wrote:

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>In the gigaton classical super scheme the device would essentially be a
>cryotank of liquid deuterium, like the Saturn upper stage or the Shuttle
>tank. Nearly all of this is fuel. The energy content of deuterium is much
>higher than fissionable material, by almost 5-to-1 (82.2 kt/kg).
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This sounds like a description of the Doomsday Machine the Soviets were
considering mounting in the converted freighter vessel; the one that was
going to be so powerful that it was expected to initiate fusion in the
hydrogen of the sea water near it on detonation.

Pat