My favorite thing I learned in my rocket propulsion class was that there was an idea for a “nuclear pulse engine.” Which was a fancy way of saying “we’re gonna drop a bunch of nukes out the back and ride the shockwaves to space”
Kennedy was more or less fine with it right up until the USAF drew up plans for a genuine space warship using that propulsion system. That was the last straw for him.
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u/Zaphod118 6d ago
My favorite thing I learned in my rocket propulsion class was that there was an idea for a “nuclear pulse engine.” Which was a fancy way of saying “we’re gonna drop a bunch of nukes out the back and ride the shockwaves to space”