Guy34life Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 i was reading new scientist a while ago and it was talking about nucler powered rocket but did not want to use it because it could harm life on earth. so why not send it up to space with a normal rocket then blast off from there??:spam: :uhh: :feedback: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 If you're talking about the Orion Project, the idea was it was more cost-effective than rockets capable of launching and carrying equal mass (which was a theoretical saving anyway, since such rockets did not exist and still don't). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atinymonkey Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Would it not have to be a clockwork rocket, due to the emp field generated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Originally posted by atinymonkey Would it not have to be a clockwork rocket, due to the emp field generated? Faraday cage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 a faraday cage is great with a earth strap and lower levels of EMR but at those levels of EMR however it would still be useless. phase cancelation may work though used in conjuction with one, but it will require using some of the nukes power to do it with (50% at optimum) the blast wave would remain uneffected (the bit used for the lift) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 We've launched a nuclear powered satellite before. It was called Cassini, carried 72lbs of plutonium fuel, and will arrive at its destination (Saturn) this year, after a journey that started in 1997. In fact, NASA has launched 23 nuclear powered satellites, but none as large as the last one. There's even been a couple of accidents, but the containers of the plutonium didn't rupture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I think this is about nuclear powered rockets from Earth upwards though, considerably more dangerous the EMR could be nullified with rellative ease, a multi-phasic resonance cavity using the nukes own emp to simultaniosly setup a magnetic dampening feild of the same polarity (not an inverse feild as that would be coerceive) thus nullifying any dangerous EMR aboard the rocket, the farady cage would cover any stray harmonics that escape. it Would however generate alot of heat, but that aid air expansion and thus lift that would still leave the problem of chemical "fall out" as the craft arose higher into the atmosphere oh well, there`s no system that`s entirely perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Guy34life said in post # : so why not send it up to space with a normal rocket then blast off from there?? My post was on topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 dude they all are it`s just that there was an idea proposed to set of little nukes under a craft in time periods to get it into space. kinda like standing on a steel plate and letting off dynamite every few secs until it`s parachute time. the nuclear power in sats is for the electricity source, not a series of bombs behind it to push it if ya ask me, I think it`s crazy doing it here on earth, in space as previously posted is a MUCH better idea, but assemble it there in space, not down here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I think this is what he was talking about originally: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/O/OrionProj.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 that`s ok, but I was resopnding to the faraday cage idea that was posted as a way to deal with the EMP I never saw that URL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I meant generally, not in response to you I think that Orion monster could do with a Faraday cage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 a farady cage alone would not suffice, read post #7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Certainly not, but it's probably better off with one rather than without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 as in post #7 you`de need one for stray harmonics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I tell you what, I wouldn't like to be on the command crew of one of those things, much less the engineering staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I wouldn`t like to be in the same country at take off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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