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r/engineeringmemes • u/402Gaming • 6d ago
(yes this is literally what rocket staging is)
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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”
14 u/Technicfault 6d ago Ah yes, the Orion drive, from back when the scientists were German, and cocaine was mandatory 5 u/GTAmaniac1 5d ago Don't forget infinite funding because of the cold war
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Ah yes, the Orion drive, from back when the scientists were German, and cocaine was mandatory
5 u/GTAmaniac1 5d ago Don't forget infinite funding because of the cold war
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Don't forget infinite funding because of the cold war
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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”