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Uploaded by on Jul 31, 2010

Author of "The Nuclear Rocket", James Dewar joins us to discuss why we should consider moving away from chemical rockets and re-start development of nuclear rockets. Think radiation would be a huge issue? Think again! This is a completely different way of looking at space travel and a very fascinating interview. ;If you want even MORE technical information, pick up both of James' books at http://www.apogeebooks.com and check out our post-show interview that continued for another hour! Post shows are made available exclusively on Spacevidcast epic!

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  • Luddites have ham-strung space exploration by forcing civil space administrations to shy away from nuclear rockets...strangely enough no one talks about the military nuclear reactors in orbit....bleedin military...give 10% of your military budgets to the civil space administration and we'll have a colony on the moon and Mars and be doing real thorough surveying of the other planets and doing imaging and atmospheric analysis of hundreds of exoplanets within a few decades.

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  • you have to move a chemical rocket up first. then you can dock it on a space station and then fit a fission rocket system to the human capsil. then no fall out on earth and and very long range rocket is possible.

  • I think fission-based propulsion is ideal for long-range missions. It is much safer to move fission-based propulsion into an extra-orbital target using chemical rockets--then kick in the next engine. I cannot imagine a fission rocket taking off from The Cape. Certainly sets a poor example to other nations with space goals. Even a new lunar mission. It's possible to move fission-based propulsion systems into orbit. This was accomplished sundry times in deep-space probes. Excellent show!!!

  • Why is this video screen entirely green?

  • we need to preseve space history for posterity, & future commercial interest of tourism. like man's "first" footstep on the moon so we can have something to visit.

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