Nuclear thermal rocket
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nuclear-thermal-rocket-207-14713003
title:
Nuclear thermal rocket
text:
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 chemical rocket. In an NTR, a working fluid, usually liquid hydrogen, is heated to a high temperature in a nuclear reactor and then expands through a rocket nozzle to create thrust. The external nuclear heat source theoretically allows a higher effective exhaust velocity and is expected to double or triple payload capacity compared to chemical pro
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Nuclear spacecraft propulsion technology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rocket
date created:
2002-02-05T12:23:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T03:12:53Z
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