Re:Nuclear Pulse Propulsion – Orion and Beyond (2000) [pdf]
by maverick_iceman on Friday October 14, 2016 @11:18AM
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What's the Isp of this method?
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Re:Nuclear Pulse Propulsion – Orion and Beyond (2000) [pdf]
by Symmetry on Friday October 14, 2016 @11:48AM
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The first paper mentions 19,400 seconds at one point; versus 450 for hydrolox and 3100 for Dawn's ion drive. I did a blog posts on the theoretical limit on this sort of drive a while ago, using propellant velocity instead of ISP.
http://hopefullyintersting.blogspot.com/2015/04/rockets-vi-v...