During the last two decades there has been considerable interest in developing alternatives to conventional chemical propulsion for space missions. Laser propulsion has been identified as a serious contender for the task of inexpensively delivering small payloads to low-earth orbit. Recent advances in the development of lasers powered directly by nuclear reaction products offer the potential for new propulsion methods, namely, reactor-laser propulsion. Such systems would allow ''nuclear propulsion'' without placing nuclear systems in space.
Reactor-pumped laser as primary power for 'nuclear' rocket engines
1992
16 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Nuclear Auxiliary Power Systems , Reciprocation & Rotating Combustion Engines , Rocket Engines , Space Vehicles , Ablation , Heating , Hydrogen , Laser Power Transmission , Laser Radiation , Lasers , Launching , Propellants , Propulsion Systems , Reactors , Thrusters , Meetings , Nuclear propulsion , EDB/420200 , EDB/210600
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