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Originally Posted by Phoenix_Dragon
so the only other potential issue I could bring up would be dealing with the substantial waste heat, but even most hard SF (And Spaceships itself) seems to downplay or ignore this.
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The Atomic Rockets site has a page devoted to torch ships that covers the waste heat problem
http://www.projectrho.com/public_htm...torchships.php
In this case, you will need to shield the systems from gamma, pion, and muon radiation rather than x-rays and neutrons, but the concept is the same.
Luke