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Originally Posted by acrosome
And getting prophylactic thyroidectomies at age 14... :)
I mean, really, detonating nuclear weapons in the atmosphere? Unless you boost to orbit first- like those schemes that used a couple of dozen SRBs- building a space industry around Orion is insane. Cool as hell, but insane.
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The danger of a working Orion lift off would be much less dangerous than mundane industries as far as disease and sickness goes. But the OMG, RADIATION! terror would do the killing for it.
Panic and politics would be the true dangers, and very real too.