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Answer by Organic Marble for TWR of near-term NTR engines
Old, but there's an unclassifed Aerojet report RN-A-0010 for calendar year 1967 on the Space Nuclear Power 1 contract that shows these numberswhich yields thrust-to-weight around 7 with Isp's in the...
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With DRACO aiming for on-orbit demonstration of nuclear thermal rocket propulsion (NTR) in 2027, it seems like a technology that has had on-and-off interest for the last 70 years might finally become a...
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