Posted on Aug 25, 2016
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For those of you who've never seen this, it's actually pretty interesting, I've always wondered why it was never revived in the present more advanced era, you know?
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Capt Daniel Goodman
Yeah, some people are just born unlucky...I really was, or could've been, a rocket scientist, God knows I did enough serious science, not that it did me much good, per se, though God knows I tried hard enough, I assure you....
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Heat liquid hydrogen up enough it will combust on its own. Seems like an interesting way to propel a rocket. Capt Daniel Goodman I think the weight of the reactor, would also be a negative when trying to build a nuclear powered rocket.
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Capt Daniel Goodman
NASA Project ROVER NERVA Nuclear Rocket Engine testing @ Jackass Flats
NASA's nuclear rocket engine idea, shot down by concern of radioactive fallout. This was NASAs original idea for a engine to get to the moon. Project ROVER N...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmxPRCyR-Co
This was actually built and tested in the 60s...over half a century later, zip has been done with it, a 1 gigawatt nuclear rocket engine...go figure, ya know?
This was actually built and tested in the 60s...over half a century later, zip has been done with it, a 1 gigawatt nuclear rocket engine...go figure, ya know?
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Capt Daniel Goodman
I figured you'd find that esp amusing, given the obv reference to that famous funny line from the film, of course....
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