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		kenj0418 on April 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the sun is a poor dumping ground for nuclear w... Simple: Just invent a rocket that runs on nuclear waste. Then you have all the fuel you need to get the rocket there. (joking)

CHY872 on April 13, 2015 | [–]

If you were to not-quite-spend all the fuel, you could use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rocket, which coincidentally would be your best chance at getting to the Sun.

_3u10 on April 13, 2015 | [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_gen...

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