What is it about?
In fact, this nuclear propulsion would transfer Mars from the Moon (NASA's ARTEMIS Program) because replacing liquid hydrogen (-253 °C) with the burned gases from the Thermoreactor (1500 °C) actually serves as a preheating process .
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Why is it important?
No more cryogenic (liquid hydrogen, -253 °C). A thermoreactor with a thermal efficiency greater than 20%! Fuel consumption remained very low, and nuclear power could last for decades!
Perspectives
The best way to combat cosmic radiation is to reduce the duration of the Moon-Mars journey. With this technology, this duration is a maximum of 70 days...In my opinion, the construction of a lunar base + tests on Earth of this Nuclear Propulsion - Thermoreactor coupling should be completed by the 2050s.
Nuclear Thermo-Pulsed Propulsion Michel AGUILAR
AIAA
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This page is a summary of: Nuclear Thermo-Pulsed Propulsion, July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2024-4917.
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