Oct 8, 2021
Project Orion: Detonating Nuclear Bombs For Thrust
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: chemistry, military, physics, space travel
Circa 2018 o.o
Rockets with nuclear bombs for propulsion sounds like a Wile E. Coyote cartoon, but it has been seriously considered as an option for the space program. Chemical rockets combust a fuel with an oxidizer within themselves and exhaust the result out the back, causing the rocket to move in the opposite direction. What if instead, you used the higher energy density of nuclear fission by detonating nuclear bombs?
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