Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR.

From	Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Newsgroups	sci.space.policy, sci.astro, sci.physics, rec.arts.sf.science
Subject	Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR.
Date	2015-10-31 12:32 +0000
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Robert Clark <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> schrieb:

> Nuclear powered VASIMR and plasma propulsion doable now, Page 3: High 
> efficiency conversion enables zero radiator mass.
> http://exoscientist.blogspot.com/2015/10/nuclear-powered-vasimr-and-plasma_27.html

A concept you describe there is to have a nozzle with a very large
expansion (to low temperatures) and then using that exhaust as
an outlet for the heat generated by the reactor.

Sounds nice as described, but, as described, it leaves a large
gap - what sort of heat exchanger are you proposing.

Think about what would happen to a pipe perpendicular to a
flow of supersonic gas from the nozzle.  You would get deceleration
of the gas (bad for your specific impulse), you would get compression
of the gas and a lot of compression heating, similar to what a
capsule experiences on reentry.

Letting the gas flow along a wall would lead to boundary layers with
similar effects of dissipative heating.

What sort of design do you have in mind?

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39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-08-28 08:56 -0400
  Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Jeff Findley <jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com> - 2015-08-28 19:29 -0400
    Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-09-09 22:10 -0400
      Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-10-05 01:16 -0400
        Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Greg \(Strider\) Moore" <mooregr@deletethisgreenms.com> - 2015-10-05 07:07 -0400
        Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-05 20:57 +0000
          Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-07 00:06 -0500
            Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Jeff Findley <jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com> - 2015-10-07 06:07 -0400
              Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> - 2015-10-07 17:07 +0000
              Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-13 12:06 -0500
          Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-10-08 20:16 -0400
            Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-14 15:19 +0000
              Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 08:30 -0700
                Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-14 16:57 +0000
                Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 22:11 -0700
              Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-10-16 16:46 -0400
                Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-10-30 01:51 -0400
                Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-10-31 12:32 +0000
                Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-11-08 09:12 -0500
                Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2015-11-08 14:36 +0000
                Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-11-12 13:19 -0500
      Re: 39 days to Mars possible now with nuclear-powered VASIMR. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-10-13 08:19 -0400

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