We will review nuclear thermal gaseous core reactor rockets again in light of the new Bifrost project for nuclear thermal rockets. We had an interview with Tabitha Smith who is leading that project
A brief recap of the Liberty ship and
We will review nuclear thermal gaseous core reactor rockets again in light of the new Bifrost project for nuclear thermal rockets. We had an interview with Tabitha Smith who is leading that project
A brief recap of the Liberty ship and then some information on Russian work on nuclear thermal rockets and then an embedded document that compares several advanced rocket concepts.
The liberty ship is a Gaseous Core Nuclear Reactor design, of the Nuclear Lightbulb subvariant. This design is from nuclearspace.com
It has an ISP of 3,060 and leverages existing technology to conservatively deliver 1000 tons to low earth orbit, 33% of its takeoff weight.
Development Nuclear Gas Core Reac