A correction to my own book, Viking rocket

Scott Hedrick wrote:

So, instead of blowing up bombs as designed, your Orion will throw fuels
cells out the back...

OK. Doesn't seem terribly efficient. How many shuttle's worth of fuel cells
will it take? For that matter, we could measure it in Apollo or Gemini fuel
cells as well.




Don't forget to add the heat generated by all that radar gear the thing
will have to carry to defend itself- that's probably at least a
Aegis-class cruiser's worth.
To get some idea of this thing's heat output, one might want to look at
the nuclear powered missile frigate Bainbridge from around the time
Orion was designed:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...h-b/dlgn25.htm
Liked that unusual newsgroup selection that the reply posting is to go
to, BTW (alt.sex.kentucky) :-)

Pat