11Mar/09Off
Belt Ions
Belt Ions
I'm wondering whether it's technically possible even now to build a nuclear based ion drive?
as a means to explore nearby stars or just simply to get to closer objects outside our 8 planet solar system such as the Kuiper belt or the Ortt cloud. If so,would it be truly worth the mission,since ion engines tend to take a real long time to achieve high speeds,since they operate the opposite of conventional rockets,where they burn most their fuel fast,while ion engines tend to build up speed as they slowlyexcaust their fuel output!
There already have been ion drives used on space craft (Deep Space 1 - 4, Dawn, SMART 1 and so forth). Adding a nuclear power source is just another means of applying power to the propulsion system.
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/ion_prop.asp
http://nmp.nasa.gov/ds1/tech/ionpropfaq.html
http://www.physorg.com/news9786.html
As with most anything else, it is a matter of political will and public support to achieve the necessary funding for such endeavor.
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