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Originally Posted by sir_pudding
You have to get them into interplanetary space in the first place, and that's where people are going to freak out. Fusion drives with no radioactive components might be acceptable, but the international community isn't going to be happy with anybody that tries to boost radioactive or antimatter fuels from Earth to space.
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Aren't space-based RTGs quite common?
Of course, there may be a major difference of quantity if you're boosting an Orion system.