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Atomic Rocket II
What do you get from a thorium column and a partical accelerator? | |
Jim figures the old thorium alloy column and partical accelerator punch line is a rocket.
To prove the point Jim requires a column of thorium alloy and a particle accelerator (or three). Jim places the metal column on the ground and arranges his particle accelerators in a circle around it, standing
stone style.
Jim fires up the particle accelerators and up goes the column. Jim adjusts the intensity of each accelerator as required.
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Jim might want to note first that the biggest operational component of a particle accelerator is a vacuum. |
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Jim obligingly trundles out his Dust Devil. |
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Jim better check the mechanical properties of thorium; building the structural columns of his rocket out of the stuff may not be the best idea... |
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Nuclear rockets have been proposed. Have a critical geometry of fuel rods like in a boiling water reactor. Heat water to make steam and shoot it out one side of the rocket. a small volume of water turns into a large volume of steam while keeping the fuel cool. |
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no one wants something "explosive and nuclear" flying above their heads |
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[metarinka] and [FlyingToaster] where does it say
this is for use on earth? Both objections are
answered by building it on the moon. It's a rather
loony idea. |
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MaxwellBuchanan has no idea what Jim is talking
about. |
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15 years later, Jim dies of cancer. |
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Come one guys, it's not like this is rocket science... |
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There is not a possible nuclear propulsion scheme
that has not been explored. That includes direct
fusion and fission torches. The next one that works
will be the first, and this is not it. |
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