Fission fragment rocket concept
Abstract
A new propulsion scheme is outlined which may permit interstellar missions for spacecraft. This scheme is based on the idea of allowing fission fragments to escape from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- August 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0168-9002(88)91148-5
- Bibcode:
- 1988NIMPA.271..207C