The A. C. Clarke A Nuclear Thermal Rocket Mars Transfer Vehicle
Опубликовано: 17 мар. 2016 г. The A. C. Clarke, a NuclearThermal Piloted Mars Transfer Vehicle Based on Publication AIAA20143623 Conventional and Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rocket NTR Artificial Gravity Mars Transfer Vehicle Concepts by Stanley K. Borowski, David R. McCurdy and Thomas W. Packard NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH Quote from the As mentioned in the Introduction, the motivation for selecting NTP as the propulsion system of choice for Mars is simple it is a proven technology with a specific impulse that is twice that of todays best chemical rockets. During the Rover, NERVA programs 19551972, a technology readiness level TRL56 was achieved. Twenty rocket reactors were designed, built and ground tested in integrated reactor, engine tests that demonstrated: 1. A wide range of thrust levels 25, 50, 75 and 250 klb 2. High temperature carbidebased nuclear fuels that provided hydrogen exhaust temperatures up to 2550 K achieve
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