Eli5 Why would the super orion spacecraft not be destroyed by the explosions that boost it
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The same way that normal, chemical rockets don’t destroy the things they’re attached to, really – by having them “point the other way”. By shaping the actual charge, you can direct the explosion in highly specific ways.
There’s a video of the design being tested. Whilst this isn’t using nuclear bombs, the concept is no different:
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