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Since this is presumably for interplanetary, and not heavy lift, I'm not sure why you'd use this over just having thin-film solar + pulsed plasma thruster (whic
by chris_va 3y ago
Since this is presumably for interplanetary, and not heavy lift, I'm not sure why you'd use this over just having thin-film solar + pulsed plasma thruster (which can do anything from 1km/s to 3000km/s exhaust velocity).
- idlewords 3y agoBecause nuclear thermal is high thrust, and sometimes you need high thrust.