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billy_boy_999
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why aren't we spending more money on developing nuclear-powered rockets?
an interesting article about nuclear rocket propulsion
"...Nuclear-reactor rockets, like the ones that would be used in the Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rocket, conduct nuclear fission reactions -- the same kind employed at nuclear power plants -- in which uranium atoms are split apart, releasing tremendous volumes of energy. In a nuclear thermal rocket, this energy is used to heat hydrogen propellant, which is stored aboard the rocket as liquid in supercooled fuel tanks..."
they're talking about creating fuel to travel to Mars but wouldn't it be merely an extrapolation to design an even more powerful rocket capable of traveling swiftly to the center of the galaxy? time dilation would be an inevitable hazard but i don't think that should prevent us from traveling a long way in space...maybe our space ships could even search around for nice planets to colonize...or look for extra-terrestrial civilizations in the fertile center of the galaxy...
i don't get why were not working harder at this...
an interesting article about nuclear rocket propulsion
"...Nuclear-reactor rockets, like the ones that would be used in the Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rocket, conduct nuclear fission reactions -- the same kind employed at nuclear power plants -- in which uranium atoms are split apart, releasing tremendous volumes of energy. In a nuclear thermal rocket, this energy is used to heat hydrogen propellant, which is stored aboard the rocket as liquid in supercooled fuel tanks..."
they're talking about creating fuel to travel to Mars but wouldn't it be merely an extrapolation to design an even more powerful rocket capable of traveling swiftly to the center of the galaxy? time dilation would be an inevitable hazard but i don't think that should prevent us from traveling a long way in space...maybe our space ships could even search around for nice planets to colonize...or look for extra-terrestrial civilizations in the fertile center of the galaxy...
i don't get why were not working harder at this...