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by lambdatronics
1355 days ago
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Good question. I think historical designs supported the fuel elements on material structures that ended up absorbing a large fraction of the fragments, leading to inefficiency & overheating the fuel. Here's an outside-of-the-box idea, using a dusty plasma cloud. [0] In this case, I'd be concerned about a criticality accident if the fuel dust containment failed & all the dust landed in a pile. [0] www.rbsp.info/rbs/PDF/aiaa05.pdf |
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