To: cripplecreek
These three proposals are all fission engines where the nuclear fuel serves only to heat a liquid propellant into high energy jets of plasma.
3 posted on
01/30/2015 9:20:25 AM PST by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Fission reactors could also be used to power VASMIR engines at a much higher energy rate than have been tested so far.
4 posted on
01/30/2015 9:22:58 AM PST by
cripplecreek
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