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		WithinReason 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competi... You wouldn't be burning coal for propulsion, you would fuse atoms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propuls...

m4rtink 26 days ago | [–]

Or even better - ride a continuous fission detonation powered by the worlds biggest super-soaker! :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_salt-water_rocket

Ekaros 26 days ago | [–]

I didn't coal would be used. Just that involved amount of energy would be truly massive. Even with fusion.

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