/Sci/, I come to you with a question; do we have the technology to turn electric energy into propulsion in space? For example, could we have nuclear powered rockets?

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Anonymous Sat Oct 9 23:43:43 2010 No.1873328 [Reply] [Original]

/Sci/, I come to you with a question; do we have the technology to turn electric energy into propulsion in space? For example, could we have nuclear powered rockets?

>>	Inurdaes !O1lReNv8uc Sat Oct 9 23:48:43 2010 No.1873342 >For example, could we have nuclear powered rockets? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)

>>	Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q Sat Oct 9 23:49:43 2010 No.1873345 Do we have the science? Yes, but our nuclear reactors are not good enough to power a full-blown VASIMR, merely an array of MPD's. Budget-wise? lol not yet

>>	Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q Sat Oct 9 23:49:43 2010 No.1873347 >>1873342 Not what he meant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electric_rocket

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 10 00:02:43 2010 No.1873363 Thanks guys. Now that you gave me somewhere to start I'm reading up on it.

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