Given current technology, airships are slow, and suck at handling high winds. Ballistic transport would cost a lot more fuel than current methods, as you need h

Given current technology, airships are slow, and suck at handling high winds. Ballistic transport would cost a lot more fuel than current methods, as you need huge amounts of energy to escape gravity. If you are going for crazy, why not use a nuclear reactor? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_X-6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_X-6