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  1. Thorium 228 Atomic Sail drive proposed for 150km/s missions

    James Bickford of Charles Stark Draper Laboratory proposes a Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) for probes suitable for outer solar system missions and missions to interstellar interloper objects.

    nasa.gov/general/thin-film-iso
    youtube.com/watch?v=16Mq7q5797

    #SpaceTechnology #AtomicRocket

    @nyrath

  2. Thorium 228 Atomic Sail drive proposed for 150km/s missions

    James Bickford of Charles Stark Draper Laboratory proposes a Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) for probes suitable for outer solar system missions and missions to interstellar interloper objects.

    nasa.gov/general/thin-film-iso
    youtube.com/watch?v=16Mq7q5797

    #SpaceTechnology #AtomicRocket

    @nyrath

  3. Sexy news for the #AtomicRocket nerds out there, I see ya!
    Look at those radiators, pwoar!
    "Jan 24, 2023
    RELEASE 23-012
    #NASA, #DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions"

    nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-da

  4. Sexy news for the #AtomicRocket nerds out there, I see ya!
    Look at those radiators, pwoar!
    "Jan 24, 2023
    RELEASE 23-012
    #NASA, #DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions"

    nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-da

  5. from @casillic

    Theoretical Studies Of The Re-Entry Of Plutonium Fuel
    ( i.e., if your nuclear reactor equipped spaceship burns up in re-entry, how widespread will be the radioactive fallout?)

    t.co/eNnl0IATF9 [PDF file]
    #Radiation #Fallout #SpaceShip #AtomicRocket

  6. from @casillic

    Theoretical Studies Of The Re-Entry Of Plutonium Fuel
    ( i.e., if your nuclear reactor equipped spaceship burns up in re-entry, how widespread will be the radioactive fallout?)

    t.co/eNnl0IATF9 [PDF file]
    #Radiation #Fallout #SpaceShip #AtomicRocket