Friday, March 24, 2006

ISP and the clock

Propulsion System ISP (Hours) based on data from Project Orion
and Project Rho


AM-Beam MAX 2,834
H->Fe Fusion MAX 1,417
H->He Fusion MAX 850
IC-Fusion MAX 283
ORION MAX 278
NSWR 90% UTB MAX 133
AIM 17
VASIMR (high gear) 8
Mini-Mag Orion 6
ORION Low Altitude 4
1959 ORION 2nd Gen 3
ORION Fusion 2
ORION Fission 1
1959 ORION 1st Gen 1
Space Shuttle x3 SSME 0
Saturn-V first stage x5 F-1 0
Single Saturn-V F-1 0
Space Shuttle x2 SRB 0







Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Coal tolerated






6,000 Tons of Uranium released by coal burning plants per year



@

6.77 x 10 -7 Curies per gram



= 4,062 Curies per year, accumulating and emitting strongly for millions of years.