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BrentRedinger t1_jd1lye7 wrote

Reply to comment by dasBergen in Would it work to get 1G in a spacecraft going to Mars using acceleration? by OysteinM

I think it was Daedalus that used the scoop. Orion used the pusher plate nukes.

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Bipogram t1_jd1np17 wrote

Daedalus was still an Orion-esque engine, but with thermonuclear (not fission) 'devices'.

Bussard ramjets are out of favour as nobody is sure that they make nett thrust.

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