nyrath, 15 days ago

@steinarb

I saw the article, but haven't gotten it on my website yet.

I do have the prior version, the Pulsed Fission Fusion engine

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist3.php#puff

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steinarb, 15 days ago

@nyrath "Not entirely new" they say... I guess... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Daedalus

isaackuo, 15 days ago

@steinarb @nyrath

There's not much in common between this new concept and Daedalus. For one thing, it uses fission rather than fusion.

And the basic idea is wild ... take a gun-type fission bomb and make it so that the cylinder portion is reusable while the bullet portion gets super duper hot.

I'm no nuclear physicist, so I don't even know if that can even plausibly work.

nyrath, 15 days ago

@isaackuo @steinarb

Just because the two propulsion systems in question are pulse type, they could have totally different mechanisms for generating the pulses.

If you check the "on this page" table of contents you'll see about 10 pulse engines.

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