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Heh, someone should make the CVN-65 "refitted" as a spaceship, ala. Space Battleship Yamato. Just as a tribute.
As I said earlier. This could be the BC Community's way of honoring the ship.
Mite be good Idear
Fixed wing naval aviation was the victim of spending cuts taken during the mid 60s ('66 iirc). 4 of our carriers which were pretty much fresh from refits were scrapped and the last one (the ark herself) was falling apart but saved just so they could spend nearly ?40 million (unadjusted figure) just trying to get her back up to scratch (Failing as she was then decommissioned in '79)
I would say that it's more the unfortunate nature of it having a unique 8 reactor design rather than simply having reactors at all. Preserving a nuclear powered carrier could definitely be done, but it all comes down to cost. That as well as the unhealthy fear of radiation perpetuated by our media barons. But that's another topic entirely
Unfortunately, when you say "nuclear power", most people hear "Three Mile Island", "Chernobyl", or "Fukushima".
Btw, where'd my avatar go?
Odd. It vanished earlier, from my options screen and all but it seems to be back.