The Nuclear Thermal Rocket is an enabling technology for human exploration missions. The “bimodal” NTR (BNTR) provides a novel approach to meeting both propulsion and power requirements of future manned and robotic missions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate tie‐tube cooling configurations, NTR performance, Brayton cycle performance, and LOX‐Augmented NTR (LANTR) feasibility to arrive at a point of departure BNTR configuration for subsequent system definition.


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    Title :

    NERVA‐Derived Concept for a Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rocket



    Conference:

    SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INT.FORUM-STAIF 2005: Conf.Thermophys in Micrograv;Conf Comm/Civil Next Gen.Space Transp; 22nd Symp Space Nucl.Powr Propuls.;Conf.Human/Robotic Techn.Nat'l Vision Space Expl.; 3rd Symp Space Colon.; 2nd Symp.New Frontiers ; 2005 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 746 , 1 ; 512-519


    Publication date :

    2005-02-06


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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