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Project Orion style pusher plate nuclear pulse designs can handle turning big boom boom into space propulsion but as the parent said you are not 100% efficient.



More interested in electrical power than propulsion, in this case.


The classic stand-in of boiling a bunch of water, then spinning turbines is likely our best bet.




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