{"id":82922,"date":"2018-11-17T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82922"},"modified":"2018-11-17T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T14:03:00","slug":"nuke-nerd-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82922","title":{"rendered":"Nuke Nerd Alert!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft carrying the crew of astronaut Nick Hague of the U.S. and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Russia blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan October 11, 2018. REUTERS\/Shamil Zhumatov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It seems that Vlad Putin is taking a stab at using nuclear-powered rockets to send stuff to Mars.<\/p>\n

Now, considering that rocket propulsion systems require a \u201cpush\u201d to reach delta V (escape velocity, as shown in the Soyuz MS-10 photo), it is not clear exactly how the Russians intend to produce that effect. It\u2019s not quite the same thing as using nuclear fuel to heat water to produce electricity and drive a big nuke bird farm, or even using Bernoulli\u2019s principle to make a caterpillar drive propel a submarine, like that Big Pig in the \u201cHunt For Red October\u201d. (One of Sean Connery\u2019s better movies.)<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no real explanation on how this nukey spacebird will manage to escape the chains of Earth and touch the Heavens. However, I\u2019ve included a link to the original article at BGR, which tells us that Elon Musk\u2019s reusable rockets will soon be outdated because Russia’s will be one better. https:\/\/bgr.com\/2018\/11\/14\/russia-nuke-rocket-spacex-rocket\/<\/a><\/p>\n

And apparently, the US is<\/em> bringing back an old tech program abandoned in the 1970s, which someone brought up in the comments for the article about the Russian announcement at WUWT.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2018\/11\/15\/russia-will-shape-the-future-of-spaceflight-announces-nuclear-powered-reusable-rocket-programme\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m really more interested in how a nuclear-powered engine can get something that big off the ground, never mind into Space. I understand how reactors work (at the basic level). I\u2019m just curious as to what they intend to use for the propulsion system to create the liftoff. \u00a0I’m guessing, however, that they’d use conventional fuels to get liftoff and reach escape velocity, and then switch over to the nuclear engine to keep propulsion stable and control spin\/yaw\/wobble\/whatever floats your boat.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m leaving this for you nukey birds to discuss at length and confuse us mere mortals, and have some fun on a snowy Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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