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That sounds very cool. Like a nuclear ion drive. Is there a technical paper about it?
by drivebyhooting 2y ago
That sounds very cool. Like a nuclear ion drive. Is there a technical paper about it?
- Intralexical 2y agoSounds like what Wikipedia calls a "Fission-fragment rocket", I think? So check the citations for papers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fission-fragment_rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fission-fragment_rocket
- mannykannot 2y agoVery interesting - I had not heard of this before. I see that the entry on the “dusty plasma” design says that the exhaust flow can be decelerated for power (presumably that applies to other designs as well.) It does not mention how the deceleration is performed (electrostatically, a bit like a reverse Van der Graaff particle accelerator?) or how efficient and compact this could be.
- db48x 2y agoWikipedia has a short list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_energy_conversion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_energy_conversion