The proposed engine concept is the Nuclear Enhanced Airbreathing Rocket (NEAR). The NEAR concept uses a fission reactor to thermally heat a propellant in a rocket plenum. The rocket is shrouded, thus the exhaust mixes with ingested air to provide additional thermal energy through combustion. The combusted flow is then expanded through a nozzle to provide thrust.


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    Title :

    Analysis of a Nuclear Enhanced Airbreathing Rocket for Earth to Orbit Applications


    Contributors:
    R. B. Adams (author) / D. B. Landrum (author)

    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    21 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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    Adams, Robert B. / Landrum, D. Brian / Brown, Norman | NTRS | 2001


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