Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Doug Pensinger asked:
Does anyone have a rough idea of how the nuclear propulsion works?
Probably the same way a chemical rocket works, if the analogy
nuclear rocket:chemical rocket::nuclear power plant:chemical power plant
is valid: a fission reaction heats something that is ejected in the opposite
direction of the movement.
But I have no idea how you could _cool_ the nuclear motor in space :-)
Heat pipes, maybe?
Doug
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