Re: No Nukes in Space



"ramiga" <gnossis1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:NASA has used ion reactors and have a working plasma reactor.

Excuse me, but just what are these things?

:I
:consider these very plausible. In 2001, they discussed using nuclear in
:a different way. This does not cause harm to us on Earth. The plan is
:quite logical. It would not be the type of reactor we use on Earth.

And I consider that you really don't have a clue what you are talking
about.

:I would like for them to proceed as originally planned, and really hope
:that the ion or plasma engines become the optimal choice.

They've still got to have power. Where's that coming from?

--
"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the
truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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