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Nuclear thermal rocket — Sketch of nuclear thermal rocket … Wikipedia
Solar thermal rocket — Solar thermal propulsion is a form of spacecraft propulsion that makes use of solar power to directly heat reaction mass, and therefore does not require an electrical generator as most other forms of solar powered propulsion do. A solar thermal… … Wikipedia
Rocket propellant — is mass that is stored, usually in some form of propellant tank, prior to being used as the propulsive mass that is ejected from a rocket engine in the form of a fluid jet to produce thrust.Chemical rocket propellants are most commonly used,… … Wikipedia
nuclear-thermal rocket — noun a rocket with a thermal gas exhaust engine, whereby the thermal fluid is heated by the nuclear reactor See Also: nuclear rocket, nuclear electric rocket, nuclear pulse rocket … Wiktionary
Rocket engine — RS 68 being tested at NASA s Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine s exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen) … Wikipedia
Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi … Wikipedia
Rocket engine nozzle — A rocket engine nozzle is a propelling nozzle usually of the de Laval type used in a rocket engine to expand and accelerate the combustion gases, from burning propellants, so that the exhaust gases exit the nozzle at hypersonic… … Wikipedia
thermal barrier — noun a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating • Syn: ↑heat barrier • Hypernyms: ↑limit, ↑bound, ↑boundary * * * noun : a limit to unlimited increase in airplane or rocket speeds imposed by aerodynamic heating that without… … Useful english dictionary
thermal barrier — Aeron., Rocketry. the high temperatures produced by the friction between a supersonic object and the earth s atmosphere that limit the speed of an airplane or rocket. Also called heat barrier. [1950 55] * * * … Universalium
Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket — Artist s impression of several VASIMR engines propelling a craft through space The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electro magnetic thruster for spacecraft propulsion. It uses radio waves to ionize and heat a… … Wikipedia
