TNT as a rocket Fuel? (Score 1)

What someone was talking about above sounds like something they tried with Nuclear weapons in the 60's with that idea of a charge going off every so often and a backplate protecting the crew. Well that didn't work out, because the expsoion needed to lift off would destroy the launch site and anything there as well. With a Nuclear reaction you could have a nearly self susistaining launch vehical having the size to contain everything you would need (i.e. a whole barn yard for food and stuff) for a long term mission, like to say mars. Which would only take about 6months or less. or so they planned way back when this was a new idea. But of course that little bit about the Nuclear blast and the anti-nuclear movement killed the idea.