[AR] Re: Faster Space Transport?

  • From: Peter Fairbrother <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 18:08:40 +0100

On 29/08/2019 21:41, Henry Spencer wrote:

On Thu, 29 Aug 2019, David Spain wrote:
[...]
On the political side, I'd love to see a consensus on a "nuclear safe"
orbit. Good luck finding one.

Actually, for this case the thinking has already been done, and there is reasonable agreement:  no operation below 600-800km (depending on the details), no final disposal below 1000km or so.

Is that for a RTG or a reactor? Is there a difference? Does size matter?



Peter Fairbrother

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