Adrian Tymes wrote: > > --- Henry Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The big trick > > is maintaining a > > reasonably stable blob of very hot uranium-rich gas > > without having it mix > > with the hydrogen too much (because you don't want > > to lose fission fuel > > out the exhaust) or melt through the walls. > Actually, the big trick has been getting political > approval for developing and launching "new-kuu-lar" > engines, especially when there is a danger that their > exhaust would be rather more radioactive than most > rocket exhaust.
Well obviously you wouldn't want to test it in an atmosphere, for the exact opposite reason that you can't test a lot of electric propulsion methods in an atmosphere! -dave w _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
