Nuclear Wave Rotor Propulsion Could Get Ten Times Chemical Rocket Speeds
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#684FN)
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) is one of the best options for manned missions throughout the solar system with over double the ISP of chemical rockets. A new NASA NIAC study will look at improved nuclear propulsion with a Wave Rotor combined with Nuclear Electric. This could enable four times the ISP of nuclear thermal and ...