We literally cant have any idea, since those "beings" would live and think differently to us. so radically differently that it may be impossible for us to imagine it
Id say the latter, because its inevitable someone develops a real AI one day. being prepared for that is good. (eg we dont want the Geth situation )
orion really doesnt irradiate much, since the nuke detonates. detonated nukes dont irradiate nearly as much as leaking reactors. maybe like 20 years of increased radiation. (eg hiroshima and nagasaki were rebuilt soon after the war)
fun fact, some scientists of the 18th century (the big names) actually did have a plan for a rocket to the moon, based on gunpowder engines. calculated the required dV and everything
well depending on the amount of gunpowder and how you seal it. becuase gunpowder is a slow explosive, it has pushing power, but it is bad at tearing stuff apart. so you need a really good seal or tis just going to be a rocket engine basically xD
It also helps if you make a good reply, not just "ya fucked mate" or something like that. Or if its a news post, as long as its on the first half of page one, and is punny/witty, it will be liked to shit
#likesdontmatter (when you have as many likes as posts, haha hide plebs) they probably can, but noone cares, and if someone found out it happened the mod would get a nice little ban from the mod team i guess