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Only if the shock absorbers and their backups fail.

Yeah, but it can transport a million tons of cargo.

The medusa style can do better shock absorption.

probably better to send equipment that way... let the humans go the scenic route.

Forget equipment. The only thing that survives that mode of transportation is soup.

Don’t be silly. Nuclear pulse rocketry is very well understood from an engineering perspective, the forces it generates are easily managed, and the radiation it produces easily shielded for.

Without a doubt it’s by far the most practical candidate for sending manned expeditions to the nearby stars.

Clearly beign silly isn’t appreciated.

With only text to go on, your joke has to be pretty good to not be mistaken for an, shall we say, "uninformed" comment.

I was replying to a comment whose parent said anything sent would end up as soup. The joke might’ve been bad, but it certainly is on the reader for not seeing that obvious connection.

I got your joke even if no-one else did.