PLAN FOR NUCLEAR SPACE SHIPS

From: Dr. Jai Maharaj (usenet_at_mantra.com)
Date: 08/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 03:37:24 GMT

Plan for nuclear space ships

Daily Post
icChershireOnline
Monday, August 9, 2004
  
NASA is spending £4m on developing futuristic electric
propulsion systems that may one day carry people to Mars.

The three-year programme, part of the American space
agency's Prometheus project, will involve designing new
kinds of nuclear power plant for spacecraft.

Last week, an agreement to support nuclear power in space
was signed by Nasa and the joint civilian and military
government organisation Naval Reactors.

The goal is to develop a high-power electric propulsion
system that could significantly reduce the fuel payload
needed for long-distance space travel, The Engineer
magazine reported.

One idea is for a nuclear-powered engine that
magnetically accelerates plasma-gas with molecules which
are electrically charged.

The plasma would shoot out of the thruster to push the
spacecraft forward. "This could result in higher exhaust
velocities than is possible from thrusters that rely on
chemical reactions," said The Engineer.

The Pulsed Inductive Thruster (PIT) would operate at
efficiencies of just above 70%. It would be far more
efficient than the main engines of the space shuttle, for
example.
 
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