Project Rover, U. S. Nuclear Rocket Development Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 420
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Buden
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Published: 2011-07-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780974144337
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Interest in rockets that use fission reactors as the heat source has centered on manned flights to Mars. The demands of such missions require rockets that are several times more powerful than the chemical rockets in use today.Rocket engines operate according to the basic principles expressed in Newton's third law of motion: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. In a chemical rocket, hot gases are created by chemical combustion; in a nuclear rocket heating of the propellant in a nuclear reactor creates hot gas. In either case, the hot gases flow through the throat of the rocket nozzle where they expand and develop thrust.Extensive development effort has been expended on nuclear rockets. The nuclear Rover/ NERVA rocket programs provide a very high confidence level that the technology for a flight nuclear rocket exists. These programs demonstrated power levels between 507 MWt and 4,100 MWt and thrust levels of up to 930 kN (200,000 Ibf). Specific impulse, a measure of rocket performance, was more than twice that of chemical rockets. Ground testing and technology development has been done on several concepts described in this book. However, though there appear to be no technical barriers to the development of a successful nuclear rocket, no nuclear rockets have been flown in space.This book describes the fundamentals of nuclear rockets, the safety and other mission requirements, developmental history of various concepts both in the U.S. and Russia, and it summarizes key developmental issues.
Author: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
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Published: 2021-11-12
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ISBN-13: 9780309684804
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration identifies primary technical and programmatic challenges, merits, and risks for developing and demonstrating space nuclear propulsion technologies of interest to future exploration missions. This report presents key milestones and a top-level development and demonstration roadmap for performance nuclear thermal propulsion and nuclear electric propulsion systems and identifies missions that could be enabled by successful development of each technology.
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Focuses on cooperative AEC-NASA-DOD RPD programs to apply nuclear power to rocket propulsion and spacecraft power systems.
Author: William J. Emrich Jr.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2023-03-11
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 0323900313
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Principles of Nuclear Rocket Propulsion, Second Edition continues to put the technical and theoretical aspects of nuclear rocket propulsion into a clear and unified presentation, providing an understanding of the physical principles underlying the design and operation of nuclear fission-based rocket engines. This new edition expands on existing material and adds new topics, such as antimatter propulsion, nuclear rocket startup, new fuel forms, reactor stability, and new advanced reactor concepts. This new edition is for aerospace and nuclear engineers and advanced students interested in nuclear rocket propulsion. Provides an understanding of the physical principles underlying the design and operation of nuclear fission-based rocket engines Includes a number of example problems to illustrate the concepts being presented Contains an electronic version with interactive calculators and rotatable 3D figures to demonstrate the physical concepts being presented Features an instructor website that provides detailed solutions to all chapter review questions
Author: Howard R. Schmidt
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 44
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A fundamental and practical survey is made of nuclear rocket application to space vehicle propulsion. The engine is described and propellant and radiation effects are discussed. Project Rover is summarized and performance requirements for a space vehicle are discussed. It is concluded that nuclear rockets can provide substantial performance, reliability, and economic advantages for difficult space missions. (T.R.H.).