What is a nuclear bulb?

"Nuclear bulb" is a nickname for a specific type of rocket engine or a source of energy -powered energy. In the nuclear bulb, the coolant/fuel is separated from the nuclear fuel with a quartz wall. Although the reactor reaches a temperature of approximately 25,000 ° C (45,030 °), most of the radiation is in a hard ultraviolet range to which quartz is virtually transparent. The quartz wall is therefore not drilled or cooked by the driving fabric, probably hydrogen. Alternatively, the nuclear bulb could be used to produce electricity through photovoltaics (solar cells).

Since nuclear energy allows much more gram for gram fuel than chemical energy sources, nuclear bulb would be an excellent form of rocket action used today. But due to the restlessness in sending nuclear materials to space, this technology has never been used in space. Several experimental designs were built and successfully launched.

Great Adv Weck of Rockets powered by nucleiIt would be a complete repeatness. Only nuclear fuel should be replaced. Given the density of the power of uranium pellets, which would be fuel, the ship could have a useful load that accounts for 30% of its total weight! In the traditional chemical cosmic flight, it is unheard of, where the useful load is 10% or less total weight. One credible design that could be built with current technology for similar space missile costs would have a payload of approximately two million pounds.

Not only would the nuclear bulb be more efficient for igniting hydrogen fuel, but it would also be able to provide power for numerous uses on board the ship using photovoltaics. This would allow orders of greater strength than the designs of spacecraft based on solar or chemical power plants. Enough strength for people so they can even live in space comfortably if it is brought enoughthe number of uranium.