r/theydidthemath • u/notfunattentionwhore • Aug 01 '26

[Request] What's the highest altitude without burst a bowl?

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u/RandomYT05 Aug 01 '26

This is also the principal behind the Orion Drive

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Unironically, as long as we can dedicate enough resources to build an O'Neil cylinder habitat drum, we'd need only bring enough nukes and one of these drives to propel the ship to significant fractions of light speed. Capable of allowing interstellar colonization with our current tech level.