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>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 23 14:10:38 2020 No.11495434 [View] File: 2.76 MB, 2806x1321, Nerva_-_nuclear_rocket_engine.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11490498 So there's a chance we'll actually see something like this in action? Sweet

Moose Tue May 26 07:14:08 2015 No.7287119 [View]
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>>7287112
>You want to cover the nuke in something that will soak up the heat and turn it into pressure (e.g. water), then use that pressure to drive you.

Wouldnt it make more sense to go with something like NERVA then?

>Getting out of our air-covered gravity well is the hard part so have the orion drive for getting up to speed then do all the complicated-but-low-gravity maneuvering with chemical rockets.

This was my understanding of how ORION was supposed to work.

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