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Re:Magnetoplasma drive could make Mars transit take 39 days? by baybal2 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:22PM (#24228423)
> The basic idea is, let's attach a nuclear reactor to an ion engine.

Why do you need to attach an ion thruster to a reactor, if you can turn the reactor itself into a thruster? https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/151286...

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Re:Magnetoplasma drive could make Mars transit take 39 days? by latigidigital on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:33PM (#24228576)
Amazing site linked a bit down in that post:

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist.php

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist2.php

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist3.php

RD-600: Soviet bimodal GCNTR on page 2 is the one from that discussion

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