DerekShannon wrote: Why would you ever want to do that, and how would you capture all the energy released by the gamma rays?
You mean, from the big one? The big one is just to make the gas. It would run until it has a quantity. Send it to the smaller and efficient ones, and start them.
The purpose is to rely only in the atmosphere and does not require refuel. The possibility of using an airplane to go to orbit, for example.
