India's Moon Exploration Program

[mcpo117]

Ion thrusters are used by ISRO satellites for station keeping.

Bellatrix Aerospace successfully tests India’s first privately developed hall-effect thruster

Bellatrix says its new hall-effect thruster will provide a reliable propulsion solution for small satellites. This, at a time when Elon Musks Starlink, Airtels OneWeb and Amazon are planning to beam satellite internet to earth.

m.economictimes.com

yes. Sorry I totally forgot about this one.

 

[Blademaster]

He has lost his credibility as a "scientist" looong time ago

He was a scientist but became a science communicator because it made him more money lol.

 

[Blademaster]

He could have called that out

Doesn't have creative control. They rarely let actors have creative control.

 

[Blademaster]

Ya'll Nibbiars This one personally reviewed and approved the script of the show.

Does he have executive producer status?

 

[RocketMan]

only viable nuclear engine is a fusion engine. The west also has plans for the same. India is lowkey Tokamak researcher that many people don't know. see SST-1. but the west is also looking into fission powered rockets which is totally garbage. India should not look that way.

Nuclear Thermal Rockets can increase lsp significantly & increase payload fraction. Even more radical way would be to use Orion style Nuclear pulse propulsion.

 

[Blademaster]

Nuclear Thermal Rockets can increase lsp significantly & increase payload fraction. Even more radical way would be to use Orion style Nuclear pulse propulsion.

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how does nuclear pulse engine provide thrust in the vacuum of space and with very little mass to eject out? To get any meaningful thrust you still need to carry mass with you to get that thrust from the ejection of mass at high velocity

 

[karn]

how does nuclear pulse engine provide thrust in the vacuum of space and with very little mass to eject out? To get any meaningful thrust you still need to carry mass with you to get that thrust from the ejection of mass at high velocity

I had the same doubt.. apparently the bomb itself includes the reaction mass.

 

[mcpo117]

Nuclear Thermal Rockets can increase lsp significantly & increase payload fraction. Even more radical way would be to use Orion style Nuclear pulse propulsion.

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What about low reaction mass?

 

[Indx TechStyle]

what do you mean science fiction?

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!

Direct nuclear powered space rockets are science fiction for now.

 

[SavageKing456]

 

[Master Chief]

Many in India will feel the burn..
Our own Trinity moment..

 

[spacemarine2023]

Har Har Mahadev

 

[Eagle Eye]

Earlier i said Chandrayaan3 landing point should be named after Bjp leader ABV.

PM Modi bettered it by naming "Shiv Shakti".

 

[RocketMan]

how does nuclear pulse engine provide thrust in the vacuum of space and with very little mass to eject out? To get any meaningful thrust you still need to carry mass with you to get that thrust from the ejection of mass at high velocity

Engine List 3 - Atomic Rockets

www.projectrho.com

apparently most of the force of explosion is focused like a nuclear shaped charge onto a pusher plate .Most of the mass of nuclear pulse unit is remass .

 

[tsunami]

Chandrayaan-3 Addressing by Honorable Prime Minister-Live Event

Chandrayaan-3 Addressing by Honorable Prime Minister-Live Event

www.youtube.com

 

[tsunami]

Chandrayan 2 touch point.. Tiranga Point
Chandrayan 3 Landing point.. ShivShakti Point

 

[tsunami]

Every year 23rd August to be celebrated as National Space Day.

 

[Blademaster]

Engine List 3 - Atomic Rockets

www.projectrho.com

apparently most of the force of explosion is focused like a nuclear shaped charge onto a pusher plate .Most of the mass of nuclear pulse unit is remass .

how many nuclear explosions can a pusher plate withstand before disintegrating?

 

[Love Charger]

Did it put the flag on the moon

 

[Blademaster]

I had the same doubt.. apparently the bomb itself includes the reaction mass.

That's not enough because most of the energy gets converted into intense light rays such as x-rays or gamma rays and they do not produce thrust. They would work in the atmosphere because those light rays would transfer heat to the air molecule and create motion, hence thrust.