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Why aren't we using nuclear thermal rockets?
mushroombrew replied to Temstar's topic in Science & Spaceflight
You act like I'm planning to build this thing in my garage. I was just thinking something up. And now that I've gotten the gist of how the community is here im deleting my acount. -
Why aren't we using nuclear thermal rockets?
mushroombrew replied to Temstar's topic in Science & Spaceflight
[snip] Google led me here. So what if it's old? And you're not entirely correct about the advantages of this type of propulsion. It achieves much greater efficiency and can reach higher velocities with the same amount of propellant...usually just hydrogen. The whole convo was about keeping radiation away from the Earth's atmosphere...hence the high earth orbit thing. Uh..BAM... -
Why aren't we using nuclear thermal rockets?
mushroombrew replied to Temstar's topic in Science & Spaceflight
*insert casual idea of your choice so someone with too much time can troll you to death.