bombardmentforce wrote:
Jack Linthicum wrote:
Robert Kolker wrote:
bernardz wrote:



An Orion rocket would work but you would not want to launch it from
Earths surface.

Somewhere over N. Korea would be nice.

Bob Kolker

In all seriousness the original idea was to launch it, or at least test
fire it, near the General Atomics HQ in La Jolla. Yes, using a "small"
nuclear device.

Here's map of the Nerva test site, visted by Dyson as they evaluated
test options.


http://spacebombardment.blogspot.com...mage-zone.html

Chapter 20 Jackass Flats

"We assumed it would be somewhere near La Jolla in the Pacific",
Freeman answers, when asked about the location of the launch. A barge
is mentioned.