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The first paper mentions 19,400 seconds at one point; versus 450 for hydrolox and 3100 for Dawn's ion drive. I did a blog posts on the theoretical limit on thi
by Symmetry 10y ago
The first paper mentions 19,400 seconds at one point; versus 450 for hydrolox and 3100 for Dawn's ion drive. I did a blog posts on the theoretical limit on this sort of drive a while ago, using propellant velocity instead of ISP.
http://hopefullyintersting.blogspot.com/2015/04/rockets-vi-very-nuclear-rockets.html http://hopefullyintersting.blogspot.com/2015/04/rockets-vi-v...