A nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) is a type of thermal rocket where the heat from a nuclear reaction replaces the chemical energy of the propellants in a... 57 KB (7,039 words) - 15:58, 26 April 2024 |
A nuclear electric rocket (more properly nuclear electric propulsion) is a type of spacecraft propulsion system where thermal energy from a nuclear reactor... 9 KB (935 words) - 01:06, 23 April 2024 |
The nuclear salt-water rocket (NSWR) is a theoretical type of nuclear thermal rocket designed by Robert Zubrin. In place of traditional chemical propellant... 11 KB (1,389 words) - 22:01, 27 March 2024 |
A thermal rocket is a rocket engine that uses a propellant that is externally heated before being passed through a nozzle to produce thrust, as opposed... 11 KB (1,564 words) - 19:04, 4 October 2023 |
which is then exhausted through a rocket nozzle to produce thrust. They are similar in nature to nuclear thermal rockets such as NERVA, but are considerably... 5 KB (651 words) - 01:04, 23 April 2024 |
A solar thermal rocket is a theoretical spacecraft propulsion system that would make use of solar power to directly heat reaction mass, and therefore would... 13 KB (1,552 words) - 20:14, 22 August 2023 |
of the more explored concepts is the nuclear thermal rocket, which was ground tested in the NERVA program. Nuclear pulse propulsion was the subject of... 31 KB (3,499 words) - 01:08, 23 April 2024 |
Nuclear power in space Nuclear propulsion Nuclear thermal rocket Project Pluto Pulsed nuclear thermal rocket Stellarator Bonometti, Joseph A.; P. Jeff... 27 KB (2,922 words) - 14:48, 27 April 2024 |
NERVA (redirect from Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) The Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA; /ˈnɜːrvə/) was a nuclear thermal rocket engine development program that ran for roughly two... 88 KB (10,890 words) - 12:51, 26 March 2024 |
abilities of current technologies. In traditional nuclear thermal rocket and related designs, the nuclear energy is generated in some form of reactor and... 13 KB (1,587 words) - 01:07, 23 April 2024 |
core. Consequently, nuclear gas core reactors can provide much higher temperatures to the propellant. Solid core nuclear thermal rockets can develop higher... 18 KB (2,527 words) - 01:01, 23 April 2024 |
In a traditional nuclear photonic rocket, an onboard nuclear reactor would generate such high temperatures that the blackbody radiation from the reactor... 8 KB (1,130 words) - 07:16, 21 September 2023 |
Specifically it would be a type of gas core reactor rocket that uses a quartz wall to separate nuclear fuel from coolant/propellant. It would be operated... 3 KB (340 words) - 23:26, 23 February 2024 |
developed during nuclear fusion research. VASIMR is intended to bridge the gap between high thrust, low specific impulse chemical rockets and low thrust... 30 KB (3,202 words) - 10:34, 12 December 2023 |
The concept of nuclear thermal rockets serving as the in-space rocket stage influenced the 1990s Project Timberwind. NERVA "NUCLEAR ROCKETS: To Mars and... 2 KB (237 words) - 00:31, 27 December 2023 |
DRACO vehicle. DARPA Nuclear Thermal Rocket 2027 in spaceflight Mike Wall (26 July 2023). "NASA, DARPA to launch nuclear rocket to orbit by early 2026"... 5 KB (373 words) - 16:02, 28 April 2024 |
Neurotensin receptor 1, a protein encoded by the NTSR1, or NTR, gene Nuclear thermal rocket, a proposed spacecraft propulsion technology Non-catalytic tyrosine-phosphorylated... 2 KB (276 words) - 03:30, 14 December 2023 |
Plasma propulsion engine (redirect from Plasma rocket) Another challenge is plasma erosion. While in operation the plasma can thermally ablate the walls of the thruster cavity and support structure, which can... 13 KB (1,430 words) - 21:38, 29 February 2024 |
A monopropellant rocket (or "monochemical rocket") is a rocket that uses a single chemical as its propellant. Monopropellant rockets are commonly used... 14 KB (1,583 words) - 08:47, 28 April 2024 |
tripropellant rocket is a rocket that uses three propellants, as opposed to the more common bipropellant rocket or monopropellant rocket designs, which... 8 KB (1,012 words) - 18:25, 25 April 2024 |
Beam-powered propulsion (section Laser thermal rocket) is either pulsed or continuous. A continuous beam lends itself to thermal rockets, photonic thrusters and light sails, whereas a pulsed beam lends itself... 25 KB (3,118 words) - 10:22, 12 December 2023 |
Cold gas thruster (redirect from Cold rocket engine) a type of rocket engine which uses the expansion of a (typically inert) pressurized gas to generate thrust. As opposed to traditional rocket engines, a... 12 KB (1,522 words) - 15:05, 4 April 2024 |