----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 6:15 PM Subject: Re: NASA Chief Outlines New Nuclear, Space Plane Efforts
> > 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 :-) > This may not be very helpful, but it gives an idea of the kinds of tech being explored. http://www.fas.org/nuke/space/c08tw_1.htm http://www.inspi.ufl.edu/ http://www.astrodigital.org/space/nuclear.html http://www-rsicc.ornl.gov/ANST_site/nuclear.pdf http://www.newworlds.com/nucpro.html xponent Blastoff Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
