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nth for 5000 Isp, 100 kN demon core drives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8erIJCoO2o

>>14667925
gotta walk before you run
>5000 Isp
>100 kN thrust
that's plenty for now

>>14657991
yes

Pulsed Plasma Rocket - Developing a Dynamic Fission Process
> the PPR achieves these plasma bursts via a fission-based system, wherein a highly moderated fuel projectile is propelled through a uranium barrel to reach supercriticality. The barrel and projectile material architecture results in much higher energy deposition in the projectile than in the barrel. After experiencing significant fission events, the projectile changes from a solid to a plasma over a period of a few microseconds, and is expelled through a magnetic nozzle
>Neutronics modeling has determined the projectile constituents to include a high-assay low enriched uranium water-ice mix encased in a thin iron shell. Control drums generate a pulse of extreme supercriticality by rotating at different rates to create a Fourier series delta function which flashes the projectile into an ionized plasma at the end of the barrel. With the combined use of a coilgun as the initial propellant injector and a magnetic coil and nozzle for exhaust, the projectile is able to produce a thrust of roughly 100 kN with an Isp of 5,000s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8erIJCoO2o
would you ride a demon core drive /sfg/?