India's Moon Exploration Program

[LETHALFORCE]

Thorium-232 is the only naturally occurring isotope of thorium, is a fissionable material but not a fissile one, meaning that it needs high-energy neutrons to undergo fission splitting of atomic nuclei which releases energy that is used for electricity generation. However, when irradiated, thorium-232 undergoes a series of nuclear reactions, eventually forming uranium-233, a fissile material that can be burned up as fuel in nuclear reactors.

So, nope!

some countries have not written it off?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344266438_Thermal_thorium_rocket_engine_Thor

 

[mcpo117]

some countries have not written it off?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344266438_Thermal_thorium_rocket_engine_Thor

aah yes this article. I read they shut down Nerva.

 

[karn]

I for once want a clean air breathing plasma propulsion jet engine that will work in both in and outside of atmosphere. its pretty simple, take in atmosphere, bombard with microwave and turn it into cold plasma, then use magnetic coils to eject that plasma out nozzles with high thrust. it should have comparable specific impulse to an IC jet engine.

of course you need a fuck load of electricity for that. Fission can get it done, but its dangerous. Fusion is Future.

I for once want them to figure out metalic hydrogen so that we can a single stage to orbit aircraft finally .. but alas .. this too falls under the if only we could harness this category.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

aah yes this article. I read they shut down Nerva.

since you are on the topic of fusion which would be ideal but not yet available we can go a step further
and hope for antimatter engines maybe in the future?

 

[mcpo117]

I for once want them to figure out metalic hydrogen so that we can a single stage to orbit aircraft finally .. but alas .. this too falls under the if only we could harness this category.

room temperature superconductor.

 

[mcpo117]

since you are on the topic of fusion which would be ideal but not yet available we can go a step further
and hope for antimatter engines maybe in the future?

banana

 

[karn]

For anyone interested in the math around the performance of a nuclear engine.

 

[Blademaster]

Would be better if Indians were used.

 

[mcpo117]

For anyone interested in the math around the performance of a nuclear engine.

I'm gonna watch this now. But if this is about ion thrusters then its garbage.

 

[Master Chief]

fission is inherently dangerous. it will absolutely do more harm than good. My basis is the general understanding of fissile material and their adverse effect on the environment. An engine failure would result in catastrophic radioactivity in the atmosphere. Fission is inherently shit.

There is a way around it.. The fission engine would ignite only after the ship reaches orbit..
Or you assemble the ship in orbit or the moon.. These ships would not enter the earth's atmosphere..

 

[mcpo117]

There is a way around it.. The fission engine would ignite only after it reaches orbit..

so not getting rid of fossil fuel anytime soon. I know I'm becoming annoying now.

 

[Master Chief]

so not getting rid of fossil fuel anytime soon. I know I'm becoming annoying now.

Dude.. you need to go back to the 26th century..

 

[mcpo117]

For anyone interested in the math around the performance of a nuclear engine.

don't mind me. the reason why I said this is because Ion thrusters have extremely high isp but very very low thrust due to less reaction mass. an ion engine can in theory reach atronomically high speed but it will take a long time to reach that speed.

 

[mcpo117]

Dude.. you need to go back to the 26th century..

even UNSC ships are garbage. they use Deuterium-Deuterium fusion which makes their ships much slower than Covenant ships.

 

[mcpo117]

Or you assemble the ship in orbit or the moon.. These ships would not enter the earth's atmosphere..

Upvote

 

[karn]

don't mind me. the reason why I said this is because Ion thrusters have extremely high isp but very very low thrust due to less reaction mass. an ion engine can in theory reach atronomically high speed but it will take a long time to reach that speed.

The vid uses ion thrusters for comparison . It shows the time mass etc needed for a thermal nuclear engine and proposes that this be supplemented ion thrusters to achive a low transit time to Mars .

 

[mcpo117]

The vid uses ion thrusters for comparison . It shows the time mass etc needed for a thermal nuclear engine and proposes that this be supplemented ion thrusters to achive a low transit time to Mars .

yeah. I actually like the presentation.

 

[Sanglamorre]

Let me remind you guys that ISRO uses 1MB camera in their lander.

Antimatter Engines, Ion Thrusters, Epstein Drives etc are a looooonh ways away.

 

[mcpo117]

Let me remind you guys that ISRO uses 1MB camera in their lander.

Antimatter Engines, Ion Thrusters, Epstein Drives etc are a looooonh ways away.

ion thruster is not really that difficult for ISRO I think. they can seriously consider it after our interplanetary missions become more frequent. I bet private player will eventually induce these tech into India.

 

[karn]

ion thruster is not really that difficult for ISRO I think. they can seriously consider it after our interplanetary missions become more frequent. I bet private player will eventually induce these tech into India.

Ion thrusters are used by ISRO satellites for station keeping.

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