Re: Cerenkov was Re: LET ME ASK MY QUESTION AGAIN SO THAT ITMIGHT GET ANSWERED

Hexslinger ( hexslngr@internet-frontier.net )
Tue, 19 May 1998 21:17:12 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 19 May 1998, Billy M. Williams wrote:

> What about Nucular Explosion drive systems? Like the Messiah one in the
> movie "Deep Impact"? Could explosions one after the other suceed in pushing
> faster than normal chemical rockets?

The cheezy idea of using 1 megaton nuclear explosive is not only
dangerously stupid - but relatively ineffective, as it brings up the
question of "Just how the hell *DO* you control the shape of the blast?!".
While nuclear explosions can most assuredly propel a craft - it wouldn't
propel it FTL. Goto 10. =)