Russian space chief proposes nuclear spaceship

"Russia's space agency is planning to
build a new spaceship with a nuclear
engine, its chief said Wednesday.

Anatoly Perminov told a government
meeting Wednesday that the preliminary
design could be ready by 2012. He said
it will then take nine more years and 17
billion rubles ($600 million, 400 million
euros) to build the ship."

See:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200910...lear_spaceship

wrote:

See:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200910...lear_spaceship

It should look like this: http://www.cshobbies.com/catalog/i74.html

Pat

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See:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200910...lear_spaceship

"megawatt class"?

Sylvia.

wrote:

"Russia's space agency is planning to
build a new spaceship with a nuclear
engine, its chief said Wednesday.

Ah! Yet another Brave Russian Powerpoint!

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Sylvia Else wrote in
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wrote:

See:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200910...ussia_nuclear_
spaceship

"megawatt class"?

Nuclear electric, then. Nuclear thermal would require gigawatt class.
Pretty much in line with their previous concepts.

--Damon

Damon Hill wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote in
:

wrote:
See:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200910...ussia_nuclear_
spaceship
"megawatt class"?

Nuclear electric, then. Nuclear thermal would require gigawatt class.
Pretty much in line with their previous concepts.

Nucler electric in the megawatt class might make a viable deep space
vehicle with some sort of ion drive, but it's not going to function as
replacement for lauchers, which the article seemed to be contemplating.

Sylvia.

Damon Hill wrote:

Nuclear electric, then. Nuclear thermal would require gigawatt class.
Pretty much in line with their previous concepts.

The article suggests it designed for surface lift-off.

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote in
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Damon Hill wrote:

Nuclear electric, then. Nuclear thermal would require gigawatt
class. Pretty much in line with their previous concepts.

The article suggests it designed for surface lift-off.

It read kind of vaguely for me, but obviously surface launch would just
about have to be gigawatt class nuclear-thermal, or even less likely,
nuclear pulse.

--Damon

On Oct 29, 7:21*pm, Sylvia Else wrote:
Damon Hill wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote in
:

wrote:
See:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200910...ussia_nuclear_
spaceship
"megawatt class"?

Nuclear electric, then. *Nuclear thermal would require gigawatt class..
Pretty much in line with their previous concepts.

Nucler electric in the megawatt class might make a viable deep space
vehicle with some sort of ion drive, but it's not going to function as
replacement for lauchers, which the article seemed to be contemplating.

Sylvia.

Ask William Mook, what's up with nuclear/fission rocket thrust..

~ BG