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Did you know that in the 1950s, there was a plan to use hydrogen bombs and steam turbines to produce power. Maybe KSP should have a bomb generator: a 1-shot electric boost. It should also have RIDICULOUS heating, but be powerful for its size.
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Hi Guys, yes those are rather strange thoughts I am having while showering but I want to share them nontheless. http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/LV-N_%22Nerv%22_Atomic_Rocket_Motor Here you can find the Wiki-Article about it's real-life counterpart: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA Firstly: The LV-N is essentially a Fission-Reactor that generates great amounts of heat and If you run a gas over it, it will expand and generate some thrust with a very high specific Impulse. If my idea is correct, then why does the Engine heat up, while you are firing it? There is no combustion process happening and the gas is actually carrying away the heat from the reactor into space. So in fact the engine should cool down while it is working and heat up while it is not, right? Maybe there are control rods build into this reactor to give it some more control, other than just fuel-valves releasing the gas into the reactor chamber. Secondly: If you think about the fuels that we are using (Liquid Fuel / Oxidizer) you will see that those are actually only placeholders for the vast variety of fuels that are used in the real world. BUT, the ISP's and Thrust that we are getting out of those fuels in our regular rocket engines do actually tell you that the Liquid-Fuel is something between Hydrazine and Kerosene. [citiation needed (I read that somewhere on here)] Lets, go with Kerosene for this, because we also burn Liquid Fuel in our Jet Engines. Kerosene is by far anything but cryogenic and the actualy Nerva-Engine used Liquid Hydrogene because a cryogenic fuel expands tremendously when you run it over a incredibly hot surface. So my though was... wouldnt it be more efficient to run the LV-N with the Oxidizer we use in the game? Because that has to be liquified Oxygen at -200°C while Kerosene would freeze at around -50°C Not sure if the Oxygen wouldnt eat away everything it touches at those temperatures. Would be great if to get some brainstorming on this from you guys
