How would that work? Nuclear reactors are, AFAIK, not capable of very much beyond getting extremely hot.
Would that heat be used to cause rapid expansion of, for example, a lightweight solid into its gaseous form for propulsion?
Or is there something new up Putin’s short sleeves.
I’m aware that the US proposed (and perhaps tested) the use of continuous, rhythmic nuclear bombs as a method of propulsion for space flight, but abandoned it as too erratic.
How would that work? Nuclear reactors are, AFAIK, not capable of very much beyond getting extremely hot.
Would that heat be used to cause rapid expansion of, for example, a lightweight solid into its gaseous form for propulsion?
Or is there something new up Putin’s short sleeves.
I’m aware that the US proposed (and perhaps tested) the use of continuous, rhythmic nuclear bombs as a method of propulsion for space flight, but abandoned it as too erratic.