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Analysis of a Nuclear Enhanced Airbreathing Rocket for Earth to Orbit ApplicationsThe proposed engine concept is the Nuclear Enhanced Airbreathing Rocket (NEAR). The NEAR concept uses a fission reactor to thermally heat a propellant in a rocket plenum. The rocket is shrouded, thus the exhaust mixes with ingested air to provide additional thermal energy through combustion. The combusted flow is then expanded through a nozzle to provide thrust.
Document ID
20010020152
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Adams, Robert B. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Landrum, D. Brian (Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL United States)
Brown, Norman
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2001
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Meeting Information
Meeting: Joint Propulsion
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Country: United States
Start Date: July 8, 2001
End Date: July 11, 2001
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Electrical Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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