nice job, that remind me some hoover.... I don't see yet if it can help LENR rockets... basically it could make LiquixOXygen-Augmented Nuclear Thermal Rocket design be simpler...
if someone can analyse if LENR will benefit from that... 2012/12/22 Jouni Valkonen <[email protected]> > Orbitec managed to pull out successful Vortex engine test flight. This is > very interesting development, because it would make reusability of > spacecrafts into realms of possibility. Reusability could potentially cut > the launch costs into orbit by one or even two orders of magnitude. > > SpaceX has already managed to cut the launch costs quite significantly, > especially if the next generation of Falcon rockets is successful. But > still physical realms are harsh that there are no big cost improvements > available if there is no more reusability. > > —Jouni > > > A novel twist on space launches > > *In October, a small team of rocket scientists gathered in the middle of > the Mojave Desert to watch a launch they hoped would help change space > flight forever.* > > http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121219-a-novel-twist-on-space-launches > > “Our vortex generator eliminates the high temperatures at the inner > surfaces of the engine. You can touch the exterior during lab-test firings > and not get burned.” > —Martin Chiaverini, principal propulsion engineer at Orbitec. >
