Computer Science
Scientific paper
May 2006
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BEAMED ENERGY PROPULSION: Fourth International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 830, p
Computer Science
Propulsion Reactors, Radioactive Wastes, Waste Disposal
Scientific paper
The best technology is worthless if it cannot find a market Beam energy propulsion (BEP) is a very promising technology, but faces major competition from less capable but fully developed conventional rockets. Rockets can easily handle projected markets for payloads into space. Without a new, huge demand for launch capability, BEP is unlikely to gain the resources it needs for development and application. Launching tens of thousands of tons of nuclear waste into space for safe and permanent disposal will provide that necessary demand while solving a major problem on earth. Several options exist to dispose of nuclear waste, including solar orbit, lunar orbit, soft lunar landing, launching outside the solar system, and launching into the sun.
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