Timeline for Nuclear Salt Water Rockets: viability and follow-up
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| Jun 21, 2019 at 18:14 | vote | accept | lurscher | ||
| Jan 5, 2013 at 17:16 | comment | added | lurscher | i know @dmckee, i agree that, unlike NERVA, we probably won't see a test of this kind of rocket on earth. But! i was hoping some simulation analysis of proposed chamber/nozzle design were already done | |
| Jan 5, 2013 at 17:11 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | A serious problem with follow ups is that the practical tests needed by a R&D program can only be done in space (and prefereabley not in close orbit) as these rockets work by spewing radioactives out the nozzel with the liquid propolent. So imagine assembling a test device on Earth and propsing to stick it on a rocket for either automated deployment or conveyence to the ISS for manual deployment. Either poses significant difficulties that will be magnified in the popular imagination. | |
| Jan 5, 2013 at 14:43 | answer | added | s-m-e | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 5, 2013 at 6:32 | comment | added | Johannes | I presume you are you looking for info that goes beyond the statements made on the Wikipedia page ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_salt-water_rocket )? | |
| Jan 5, 2013 at 3:39 | history | asked | lurscher | CC BY-SA 3.0 |