On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> <<If such an engine ever crashed, wouldn't all of the
> uranium gas just leak out the exhaust nozzle? How
> would you moderate the reactor after a crash,>>
>
> Hmm, it would seem the first instance (unavoidable) would at least preclude
> worrying about the second...;-)
I just noticed that Max Hunter's discussion of gas-core engines in "Thrust
Into Space" comments that merely shutting down a gas-core engine may
involve losing the current charge of fission fuel, which could noticeably
affect operating costs.
Henry Spencer
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