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Article #8988Re: Solid State Fusion for Launchers
From: Jim Meritt
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 15:25
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 15:25
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In article <1989Mar31.163051.5961@cs.rochester.edu> dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) writes: }The apparent absence of major neutron emission and hot waste from the }solid state fusion discovery raises the possibility of resurrecting }nuclear rockets for launchers. } }For use in launchers, we'd want a fusion reactor that (1) can be shut }down in seconds, Paul, the CURRENT launchers cannot be shut down in seconds. Why put restrictions on something that are not currently met? (solid-fuel boosters turn 'on' fine, but 'off' is a b*tch!) Disclaimer: "It's mine! All mine!!!" - D. Duck
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!aplcen!aplcomm!stdb.jhuapl.edu!jwm From: jwm@stdb.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Solid State Fusion for Launchers Message-ID: <3572@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> Date: 5 Apr 89 15:25:46 GMT References: <1989Mar31.163051.5961@cs.rochester.edu> Sender: news@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu Reply-To: jwm@aplvax.UUCP (Jim Meritt) Organization: JHU-Applied Physics Laboratory Lines: 17