> From: [email removed]
> Subject: solid fuel missiles...
>
> In anticipation of Bertil's counter that we should develop some solid
> fuel missiles with only a few G-hours of delta-V,
Ouch! Apparently I should run Maneuver/Evade more often if I'm that
predictable:)
> For a 150Kg dry mass (warhead, electronics, structure, NO fuel), a
> missile with ONE G-hour delta-V requires 70,936,947Kg of the best solid
> fuel we make today.
Ok, but what are the equivalent numbers for hydrogen/oxygen or NERVA-type
nuclear fission rockets?
And (nasty question) what are the equivalent numbers for a fusion rocket
powered missile? :)
> ---Steve Higginbotham
- -bertil-
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