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Old 24-February-2006, 12:04 AM
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Well a superheavy lift SSTO would be quite doable with nuclear propulsion using a gas core reactor.
The big problems with that are the political issues involved with nuclear propulsion within earths atmosphere.
http://www.nuclearspace.com/a_liberty_ship.htm
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