[Dean's World] Dave Price: Great Balls Of Fire

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Posted by Dave Price:
Great Balls Of Fire
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1199743319.shtml


   [1]Project Orion, re-imagined and [2]visualized.
   I'm alway amazed by the fact the proposed Orion "super" had a mass of
   8 million tons. For comparison, a modern [3]supercarrier is about
   100,000 tons.
   (via [4]TalkPolywell)

References

   1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29
   2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avsbVBy-shc&mode=related&search=
   3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercarrier
   4. http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/index.php