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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: A Thorium-228 Nuclear “Lightbulb” Rocket
This is the strangest nuclear rocket design I've come across:https://t.co/RvvbeX0dm9
— ToughSF (@ToughSf) February 24, 2021
Powered by the 180 kW/kg decay of thorium isotopes, it delivers heat to a hydrogen propellant not by conduction, but optically through a cerium-doped window!
A 'lightbulb' radioisotope rocket! pic.twitter.com/QHDVQ4Z1mM
Posted at February 24, 2021 21:18