Efficient Space Engine That Could Use Nuclear Waste For Propulsion
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about an intriguing new space engine that may work off nuclear decay
Links:
https://www.nasa.gov/niac-funded-studies/
https://www.nasa.gov/general/thin-film-isotope-nuclear-engine-rocket/
https://www.draper.com/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00295639.2020.1794454
Dawn mission: https://youtu.be/vUUAt-Ky2Gg
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0:00 New NASA projects
0:45 New proposal for using nuclear waste to be used in sails
1:50 How it compares to other nuclear engines
3:00 How this sail would work
4:00 Previous similar proposals...mostly from China
4:50 Super efficient - way better than ion engines
6:30 Can also produce energy
7:10 We could catch up to interstellar asteroids with this!
7:55 Other proposals
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