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GrahamTG β Nuclear Interplanetary Vehicle
Published: 2018-10-17 16:44:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 4303; Favourites: 171; Downloads: 89
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Concept spacecraft. Model by N Stevens, rendered in Lightwave3dRelated content
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My brain initially registered the NIV-1 as NAVY-1 
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would those tanks not cause a lot of neutron backscatter into the ship?
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To some degree. That is why the crew pod is seperated from the engine and tanks by the long neck.
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Wouldn't a nuclear powered ship need some huge radiator vanes to dump waste heat?
Still.. beautiful image, very 50's design.Β
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This design is a nuclear thermal rocket, all of the reactorβs heatis used to heat up the hydrogen fuel, causing thrust. The reactor is damped when the engine isnβt firing.
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Ah, right.. so basically the rocket IS the coolant system.. [hence the bloody big tanks]
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In this case its a NERVA thruster, they get rid of the waste heat by throwing it out with the propellant.
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