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October 4th 06, 06:06 AM posted to sci.physics.fusion,sci.space.history,soc.history.what-if,alt.history.what-if
Matt Giwer
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nuclear space engine - would it work ??
bombardmentforce wrote:
Henry Spencer wrote:
Orion's fallout output..."urk!"
"The lifetime risk of a death due to cancer is about 20% absent the
fallout radiation exposure. The (438 megatons of airborne) fallout
putatively raises that risk to about 20.03%..."
http://newton.nap.edu/books/030909156X/html/373.html
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"100 megatons' worth of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere each year.
A full-fledged Orion mission would have increased the amount of fallout
from those tests by 1 percent."
http://www.discover.com/issues/feb-0...t-rocket-ever/
Q.E.D.
20.0300685
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Do you worry enough about the 20%? Will you let the 0.0000685% cripple
our destiny?
Have you heard of the quadratic does response model?... hormesis?
20% of all deaths are due to cancer?
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