Not so, it's a lot easier to put extra safety equipment on the ground then on an airplane.
I quite agree that parachuting the reactor is not going to work - if you were flying the thing, and you had a 50% chance of saving the plane if you had a power plant, but a 100% chance of crashing if you let it drop - would you do it?
The military is trained for such choices, civilians are not.
Not so, it's a lot easier to put extra safety equipment on the ground then on an airplane.
I quite agree that parachuting the reactor is not going to work - if you were flying the thing, and you had a 50% chance of saving the plane if you had a power plant, but a 100% chance of crashing if you let it drop - would you do it?
The military is trained for such choices, civilians are not.