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What happens if you replace the NIF lasers with say electrons with the proper energy to create x-rays in a closed high-Z chamber?

Let's Scrap Old Technology. NTRs, NEP, MPD, Orion, Gaseous Fission Reactors, etc., etc. all worked out disappointingly to anyone interested in a workhorse propulsion system designed to make interplanetary manned exploration more feasible. I, for one wouldn't want to be an astronaut on a flight...