Can the ucgo nuke's explosive yield be altered?

[Foofoo14]

Imagine it being from 1MT to 100MT or more.

 

[Lucy]

Why?

 

[Woo482]

I believe the UCGO nuke's yield is hard coded, so there isn't anyway for you to change it without having the source code

 

[Foofoo14]

Why?

Don't get me wrong, i like the nuke, but i just wondered if it could produce a bigger boom. For some reason now, i kinda feel sorry that i asked.

 

[Ghostrider]

It doesn't make a lot of sense going above 1 Mt, we don't do it anymore in RL because it's a waste of energy. In space all the more so.

 

[docabn]

can the yield be made smaller?

I was actually thinking about experimenting with yields IOT to launch raw materials from the surface of the moon for example.

 

[RisingFury]

It doesn't make a lot of sense going above 1 Mt, we don't do it anymore in RL because it's a waste of energy. In space all the more so.

Jeez... you actually said that? Have you looked around OH latelly, to find all the stuff we don't do in RL? :lol::rofl:

 

[garyw]

Artlav did make one nuke with a variable yield. It was fun to simulate atmospheric detonations with it:

http://stuff.gdwnet.com/atmospheric-nuke.avi

 

[Ghostrider]

Jeez... you actually said that? Have you looked around OH latelly, to find all the stuff we don't do in RL? :lol::rofl:

Such as... ?:lol:

 

[Artlav]

Anyone knows how strong a bomb should be to knock the Moon out of it's orbit at a good fraction of speed of light?
Don't want to fall short of expectations again.

 

[Izack]

Anyone knows how strong a bomb should be to knock the Moon out of it's orbit at a good fraction of speed of light?
Don't want to fall short of expectations again.

I'd rather like to see enough of the Moon's velocity killed to have it in an eccentric orbit with PeA around 600km.
Also, a relativistic kill vehicle is more practical for this than a nuke, eh?

 

[dgatsoulis]

Anyone knows how strong a bomb should be to knock the Moon out of it's orbit at a good fraction of speed of light?
Don't want to fall short of expectations again.

:rofl:

This should help to make an estimate. :lol:

http://scienceblogs.com/builtonfacts/2009/08/nuke_the_moon.php