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Nuclear air breathing jet probes for Venus

>>12141061
Direct heat fission jets.

No need for heavy shields or worrying about radiation in the exhaust.

>>11794422
Well, Mr. Double dubs
We could do something like a rocket version of an indirect cycle HTRE

>>11698413
Build an integrated fast reactor, Pipe the molten sodium to 4-5 thermal rocket motors and divert some into a supercritical CO2 turbine in power mode
Like a rocket version of pic

>>11690371
>>11690381
>Build an integrated fast reactor
>Pipe the molten sodium to 4-5 thermal rocket motors
>Water launches the rocket to orbit
>Drop water tanks and fly on hydrogen
I see no reason to not try this, any of us know how to build a reactor vessel that won’t get shredded by neutrons?

We could build a nuclear rocket similar to the indirect aircraft Reactor to power an ssto rocket with a reasonable payload
All we need is fuel and the know how to build an integrated fast reactor

>>11665804
>/sci/ builds a rocket
>It's powered by a Integrated fast reactor designed as a mix of the HRTE-3 engine and NERV
>Beside to perform a manned flight
>NIMBYfags find out and picket line is formed
>Liftoff
>Rocket sprays high temperature radioactive water all over them
>NASA's screeching
>Midflight, spaceforce threatens to shoot you down
>"We can't reach orbit, we're holding too much weight."
>Neckbeard ancap flips a switch and releases 12 mininukes from the cargo area onto all oldspace and humanitarian fags
>"You had those weightiness us down?"
>"What weight problem?"