Next stop: The Moon!

[Dannyalcatraz]

And both are awesome.

 

[Staffan]

I'll just put this here:
[video=youtube;eAAc6iDS01U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAAc6iDS01U[/video]

 

[tomBitonti]

If they can get 3H engine built, could give us reason to go back.

Hey, where can I find information about the 3H engine? I tried searching for it, but with no luck.

Also, I just wanted to say, wikipedia can be really terrible at explaining things. While searching for the 3H, I looked over the pages on the Oberth and slingshot maneuvers, and, while the concepts are simple, the explanations provided were really terribly confusing.

Thx!

TomB

 

[Hand of Evil]

Hey, where can I find information about the 3H engine?
TomB

It is also called Tritium Reactor or Tritium Fusion Reactor, it is mostly theory but being worked on

 

[MechaPilot]

I'll just put this here:

I would love to see the Sontarans meet the Mooninites.

 

[Kaodi]

Our collective imagination demands some kind of lunar base.

 

[reelo]

Hey, where can I find information about the 3H engine? I tried searching for it, but with no luck.

Also, I just wanted to say, wikipedia can be really terrible at explaining things. While searching for the 3H, I looked over the pages on the Oberth and slingshot maneuvers, and, while the concepts are simple, the explanations provided were really terribly confusing.

Thx!

TomB

Deuterium + Tritium -> Helium + Proton + Energy

 

[Umbran]

Deuterium + Tritium -> Helium + Proton + Energy

That's not conserving electrical charge. D + T -> He + neutron + energy.

My understanding is that while NASA researches lots of things, fusion-based propulsion isn't going to appear in a rocket any time soon.

 

[reelo]

My bad, Neutron is right.

 

[Ryujin]

That's not conserving electrical charge. D + T -> He + neutron + energy.

My understanding is that while NASA researches lots of things, fusion-based propulsion isn't going to appear in a rocket any time soon.

Ion propulsion will probably come first, with it's slow but constant acceleration.