Can Nuclear Propulsion Take Us to Mars?

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[1] voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/frequent...
[2] www.alumni.caltech.edu/distin...
[3] voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/...
[4] voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/...
[5] www.space.com/11337-human-spa...
[6] mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/...
[7] Rocket Propulsion Elements
[8] www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/ab...
[9] arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.B3...
[10] www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-d...
[11] www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/20...
[12] www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa...
[13] www.space.com/nuclear-thermal...
[14] www.lanl.gov/science/NSS/issu... & www.sciencedirect.com/science...
[15] descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/SciTech...
[16] www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa...
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  • @ghostplayzbusters

    @ghostplayzbusters

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey subject zero uploaded a similar video 2 hours ago, was this a random thing or a collab

  • @ronkirk5099
    @ronkirk50992 жыл бұрын

    I'm a 72 year old retired mechanical engineer and really feel lucky to have lived during the time we began to explore space with methods other than just telescopes. Just hope I live long enough to see a manned mission to Mars. Fingers crossed! Having just discovered your channel, I'm doing a little binge watching. Keep up the great videos.

  • @voster77hh

    @voster77hh

    Жыл бұрын

    2 caveats here. Nuclear propulsion only gets a bunch of doomed dudes there. There is no remotely feasible return ticket to ever get anything back from Mars surface. There is nothing to be done a robo lander hasn't already done in confirming Mars to be a boring piece of barren red rock flying through a vast nothing of space. Short of interstellar antigrav drive and antigrav shield there is nothing left worth doing in space. Chances are high that 6th mass exnstinction induced by climate crisis gives us no chance to ever sttle anywhere habitable in space. This is called the Fermi Paradoxon. Pls. stick with what we have learned from exploring space. Consider that any rocket launch blows 166 megatons of CO2 into the atmosphere. For what gain to make humanity survive and improve our lives? There Is No Planet B. We are stuck here for 150+ years until we can crack our heads for real about antigravity tech. We got to fix a gross mess in our atmosphere and if we fail we are doomed to stay and go extinct. People need to be educated about that urgently. Anything that stoops being scientific is just a cargo cult. Google it where the landing strip is levelled here and the tower raised for someone praying cargo to be delivered by some magic.

  • @realgucman

    @realgucman

    Жыл бұрын

    Fingers crossed for you sir, I hope you’re doing good.

  • @Bbouy1HD

    @Bbouy1HD

    Жыл бұрын

    youll see it for sure

  • @teejayaich4306

    @teejayaich4306

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope you stick around as long as you like, and while it's clear there are massive unresolved problems with Mars as a colony world, my attitude is pretty much that we have to do such things eventually, and given the incalculable benefits which the moon landings produced (not just tech, but most of all INSPIRING thousands of young people into becoming various types of scientist/engineer/etc --- if we could quantify the benefits of inspiring those generations I reckon it would be beyond our wildest dreams. This sort of thing costs peanuts right now (few % for the USA, which spends trillions on stupid wars at the same time as claiming it can't afford giving people health care and education) compared to the potential.

  • @voster77hh

    @voster77hh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@teejayaich4306 Yeah, we learned about climate crisis from SpaceEx Satellite tech. When learned Moon is a dusty barren rock, where the dust is so aggressive you can't do anything on it. We send a rover to Mars and learned it is a barren rock as well. Unless someone understands gravity and builds an interstellar faster than light antigrav drive we are on Earth as Planet A. If you ask to waste 16 Megatons for a liftoff, you have to explain the true benefit of a manned mission to Mars over the downsides. Fact is, you can not get back. No lander can get back into orbit w/o fuel production n Mars. A place where you have neither fossile fuel or water. Nothing Mars would be ever sustainable. Nuclear terraforming is a very remote option. It would still ask to live under substantially different gravity. Sorry, but if you claim "science" you are not supposed to wander off into some delusionary dreamlands. People in the US always dream about a "New Frontier". That's culture mumbo-jumbo not science. The is insurmountable physics in the way where we need at least 150 years to come up with solutions. Solutions that need another league of understanding space and physics of gravity. Means if grvity is particles or rays and how fast "instantaneous" is. If gravity is a push or pull force in it's "field". What a quantum of gravity is? If you can answer any of these you can shield a Mars Mission modules and colony ship from microparticle impact accelerating a vehicle to light speed. There is amazing talks about the challenges of Mars missions. Maybe entertain yourself with some good science and put thought and creativity in a productive direction for humanity.

  • @Larsosborne
    @Larsosborne3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Brian, I'm just a rocket engineer telling you that you did a fantastic job on this video. You explained everything perfectly and all of the benefits and drawbacks of each approach. You should be proud of this one!

  • @PresidentialWinner

    @PresidentialWinner

    3 жыл бұрын

    When a literal rocket engineer tells you that you did a good job, you know you are doing a good job.

  • @jelink22

    @jelink22

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PresidentialWinner Well, the reference to the "dark side of the Moon" made it decidedly Un-perfect---especially when it shows that side lit up by the Sun.

  • @Cactusfruitsquisher

    @Cactusfruitsquisher

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jelink22 stop nitpicking

  • @lordofashesspark6863

    @lordofashesspark6863

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey question as a sudden thought on storage. Couldn't we use water to make Hydrogen space stable and split the fuel in transit using electrolysis to split the water into its Hydrogen and Oxygen forms giving us 66.6% Hydrogen fuel and 33.3% Oxygen? Using oxygen for air or a hybrid fuel source for extra thrust, while spliting off the hydrogen to another container to be used short-term. Or something along those lines.

  • @grissee

    @grissee

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lordofashesspark6863 Electrolysis need a lot of electricity (the same reason why hydrogen powered cars aren't popular in Earth, majority of our electricity is still supplied by fossil fuels, thus negating the supposed green-ness of hydrogen), something that is rare in space

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds85812 жыл бұрын

    I have always dreamed about us setting up a secondary launch point from the moon. Where we use a large portion of fuel to escape the earth. But, then refuel on a base at the moon and go from there with more fuel then we've ever had and the moon has way lesser gravity so it'll make this super effective towards efficiency.

  • @david2869

    @david2869

    2 жыл бұрын

    More likely we would use an assembly station in Earth-Moon orbit at L5 or L6 to assemble the spaceship from parts made on the Moon.

  • @leoe.5046

    @leoe.5046

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@david2869 I think so, too.... Though it is a long way until then and we would probably start with a facility on the moon as it is easier to build and operate as far as I know

  • @sciuresci1403

    @sciuresci1403

    Жыл бұрын

    You might as well launch two ships and refuel the first one with the second's tank. That way you don't have to spend extra fuel to launch from the moon. That is unless you find a fuel source on the moon.

  • @georgeyoutube7580

    @georgeyoutube7580

    Жыл бұрын

    If there would be fuel on the moon it would be a great ideea. If not, transfer of fuel in orbit is obviously more efficient. And with nuclear power, it makes more sense to use gases that can be scooped from orbit of a gas giant. A nuclear refuel spacecraft could go into the atmosphere of a gas giant, compress the already freezing dense gases and bring them as liquid to an orbital refinery. Ocean voyage out there, no land if you want to traverse the space in shortest time

  • @SV7-2100

    @SV7-2100

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah that's the artemis plan unfortunately it will take until like 2040

  • @skipp3252
    @skipp32522 жыл бұрын

    Ion propulsion looks like it is straight out of science fiction. Amazing! So cool to see that it is probably gonna be a big part of the future. Just imagining a large space craft slowly drift with ion thrusters only to then fire up chemical combustion engines in a giant explosion in order to decelerate close to a celestial body has me creaming myself :O

  • @jasonc.5484

    @jasonc.5484

    Жыл бұрын

    ayo

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    @channelname4331

    Жыл бұрын

    HUH? 📸📸🤨🤨🤨

  • @40watt53

    @40watt53

    Жыл бұрын

    video proof?

  • @rainyn

    @rainyn

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe you could use the ion drive to accelerate continuously through the first half of any journey and then rotate the exhaust nozzles 180 deg to thrust in the reverse direction through the last half to slow it down.

  • @truth806

    @truth806

    Жыл бұрын

    It is science fiction.

  • @MATTW3R
    @MATTW3R3 жыл бұрын

    Pretty amazing for a species that just figured out flight in 1903.

  • @MrSvenovitch

    @MrSvenovitch

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...and will soon make itself extinct...

  • @ginagg72

    @ginagg72

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrSvenovitch humans have no respect for nature ...trying to rule that never gonna happen ....our planet is so complex and special still we keep abusing it .Colonizing Mars after destroying Earth ...running away from facing the destruction we have done .Well we can go to the end of the universe still as humans will fight till the end :(((

  • @belland_dog8235

    @belland_dog8235

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrSvenovitch No, no it won't

  • @TzarBomb

    @TzarBomb

    2 жыл бұрын

    ...and all thanks to Santos-Dumont, the guy was a genius.

  • @TheGuruNetOn

    @TheGuruNetOn

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rockets were invented long ago. Fireworks that is. Missile rockets were invented few hundred years back with the Mysore rockets followed by Congreve rocket.

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    @csnider_12813 жыл бұрын

    I was just about to get up and actually do something today.. that’ll have to wait 20mins

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    @listerdave1240

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same here..

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    @AV-81

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don't go down the KZread spiral though, it's pretty easy to waste the day

  • @BnORailFan

    @BnORailFan

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh, I thought it was only a 10 minute video. It was so interesting it didn't seem that long.

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    @desiralblethrivesilvaalber1239

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @mrphysics2625
    @mrphysics2625 Жыл бұрын

    They might be able to get around the leakage issue with liquid hydrogen by liningg the interior of the tanks with multiple layers of graphene and holding it at a static potential to repel the attoms although that comes with other challenges.

  • @robinodonnell3020
    @robinodonnell3020 Жыл бұрын

    Me, who got a B- in Chemistry: *scratches chin* Ahh that makes sense.

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    @ansg703 жыл бұрын

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    @MrGtubedude

    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @KhAnubis3 жыл бұрын

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  • @sunroad7228

    @sunroad7228

    3 жыл бұрын

    No matter how finite fossil fuels are energy-dense and traded today cheaper than water, they are not plenty enough to propel humans far in the space. Thank god we still have some of them to let us driving on the ground; "No energy system can produce sum useful energy in excess of the total energy put into constructing it. This universal truth applies to all energy systems. Energy, like time, flows from past to future".

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    11 ай бұрын

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  • @Balin_James
    @Balin_James3 жыл бұрын

    I feel silly for not knowing ion thrusters are real. That blue glow is so eerie, but so beautiful

  • @joelcrafter43

    @joelcrafter43

    2 жыл бұрын

    @sokin jon Random fact unrelated to the comment above but, neat.

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    @basesixty6739

    2 жыл бұрын

    And so weak

  • @SaruwatariMasahiro

    @SaruwatariMasahiro

    2 жыл бұрын

    I only knew about them because they came up on one episode of a show on discovery channel when I a child 20 years ago. I could've easily missed that one episode and haave the same realisation that they are real.

  • @sethhuff8657

    @sethhuff8657

    2 жыл бұрын

    I learned about them from ksp(a rocket building simulator)

  • @Fahnder99

    @Fahnder99

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wait till they build a REAL ion thruster. At the moment we only have giant particle acellerators on earth. But in space it would be a new chapter.

  • @danyalag3366
    @danyalag33663 жыл бұрын

    Any problem in the world: exists Nuclear Energy: Sounds like a job for me.

  • @arnavsadhu

    @arnavsadhu

    3 жыл бұрын

    At the end of the day nuclear energy is what made this universe and still to this day keeps it moving.

  • @danyalag3366

    @danyalag3366

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arnavsadhu Yep even the stars burn because of nuclear energy.

  • @KRYMauL

    @KRYMauL

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arnavsadhu Actually that's nuclear fusion energy which is different from nuclear fission. Planet are fission reactors because they are too small for fusion and stars are fusion reactors.

  • @ImieNazwiskoOK

    @ImieNazwiskoOK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same with Starship, graphene, aerogel

  • @trevorwoodley3897

    @trevorwoodley3897

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KRYMauL the point is, it's nuclear energy. The sun is a nuclear reactor. A fusion reactor. Those of us in the know , know what's what and the differences.

  • @tejasraysad933
    @tejasraysad933 Жыл бұрын

    Hats off to the explanation!, All the complicated concepts in such simple explanation is an work of art... Seriously impressed by the explanation, Keep doing this...

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  • @mikelarry2566
    @mikelarry25663 жыл бұрын

    Looking at this video now makes me wish I could have seen it when I was doing physics in highschool... just the way the equations relate to the actual real world applications is just so fascinating

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    @TrippCanada

    2 жыл бұрын

    All make believe Larry.

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    @joimy95

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well if you could not imagine in high school that the equations are a language to describe the real world. Physics is not your thing.

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    @bigmonkey1254

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Golden Age Creation um, what does that mean? some of it is familiar to me but why did you but this comment here?

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    @bigmonkey1254

    2 жыл бұрын

    one thing i always said is that they don't teach you useless stuff in school. they just don't often tell you how useful it is.

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    @slyderace

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree! If this video had been out when I was in HS, I would've probably pursued a career in science. I've always loved Star Trek, growing up! :)

  • @jnellie1970
    @jnellie19703 жыл бұрын

    So weird to hear Gary’s name. His family lived in our neighborhood when I was much younger. I was close to the same age as his oldest child. We knew he was involved with “space”....but it was years later before I understood the true impact of his accomplishments. He was an incredible pioneer.

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    @kennarajora6532

    3 жыл бұрын

    if you still stay in contact with him, you should try showing him this video.

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    @desertfox5657

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @jnellie1970

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @moh19931000

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kennarajora6532 why would he care that his name was mentioned in a KZread video, no offense to Real Engineering; the guy is like a rockstar in the space business.

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    @santzerosantone

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/iayNqpd8iMXWiaQ.html

  • @epiceducation867
    @epiceducation8675 ай бұрын

    Great job on the video you didn't only show the pros of the nuclear propulsion engines but also the cons which gave me a very good perspective on the situation.

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    @theauthor89012 жыл бұрын

    I love it when your videos are just pure science and not the pet theories of someone - great job!

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    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you love them, surely you want more science-channel, yeah?

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    @alonenjersey

    Жыл бұрын

    What's not to love?

  • @Brownyman
    @Brownyman3 жыл бұрын

    These prequel episodes of "The Expanse" are getting really good!

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    @ZhouMama69420

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ah I see. You're a man of culture as well

  • @Rathbone_fan_account

    @Rathbone_fan_account

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm not disappointed to see The Expanse reference in the comments. I need a new season so badly.

  • @kelzuya

    @kelzuya

    3 жыл бұрын

    When is the Real Engineering episode on the Epstein drive?

  • @Rathbone_fan_account

    @Rathbone_fan_account

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kelzuya Epstein drive didn't invent itself.

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    @ZZ-vl5nd

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Rathbone_fan_account did u finish season 5?

  • @iumbo1234
    @iumbo12343 жыл бұрын

    First Subject Zero's video and now this, both in the same day, am I dreaming?

  • @yeetus8407

    @yeetus8407

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing

  • @agentc8542

    @agentc8542

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same. Very interesting...

  • @Feefa99

    @Feefa99

    3 жыл бұрын

    total conspiracy!

  • @Accept_Any_Bribe

    @Accept_Any_Bribe

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Feefa99 your mom is a conspiracy

  • @murci6891

    @murci6891

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Accept_Any_Bribe ur odd

  • @DawnUSNvet
    @DawnUSNvet2 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I really like your proposals for propulsion. My experience was pwr. I often look back on the simplicity of the designs that made them safe. This is a new generation and I hope you have success... I'm gonna stay here on Terra Firma though.

  • @lantaguy7
    @lantaguy7 Жыл бұрын

    Brian, 1st, I love your accent & narration on all your videos. As a former broadcaster, I am attuned to the importance of speech delivery & tone to hold an audience's attention. You've succeeded in giving me an acute interest in engineering that I really never had. So thanks for that. Pure dead brilliant! Lang may yer lum reek!

  • @niklasheese4939
    @niklasheese49393 жыл бұрын

    1.: You got a new animator or the animator learned a lot 2.: The videos got longer 3.: I like that (That is true for both the x-15 and this video)

  • @ekimoleksander6068

    @ekimoleksander6068

    3 жыл бұрын

    Both 😉. Brought on Eli who is a legend at planes / shape shots and I learned 3D so we now incorporate more of it in the 2D stuff.

  • @carrotylemons1190

    @carrotylemons1190

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ekimoleksander6068 how you get such photorealistic results is beyond me and absolutely incredible

  • @Mohtellawi

    @Mohtellawi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ekimoleksander6068 Dude I was thinking about the fabulous animations too! That was amazing, well done!

  • @Mohtellawi

    @Mohtellawi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Jorge Diaz 🤦🏻‍♂️

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    @Hawky1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Jorge Diaz 🤡

  • @captainfactoid3867
    @captainfactoid38673 жыл бұрын

    I really wish I could’ve taken Nuclear Propulsion at my school, but the professor retired the year before I could take it.

  • @sirBrouwer

    @sirBrouwer

    3 жыл бұрын

    you could try to go in the more conventual energy (production) classes and use that as a stepping stone.

  • @sethhuff8657

    @sethhuff8657

    2 жыл бұрын

    oof

  • @timberwolfmountaineer873
    @timberwolfmountaineer873 Жыл бұрын

    "We, as a species lieft eur meurk on Meurs" God i love his accent! :D 🤣😂😂

  • @DrWoodyII
    @DrWoodyII2 жыл бұрын

    Really great presentation. I keep coming back to watch this one over and over. In the near future, we'll be adding thermonuclear propulsion to the mix. What a great time to be alive.

  • @tyotynastic9156
    @tyotynastic91563 жыл бұрын

    The 3D models for the Mars spaceship look gorgeous

  • @gj9157

    @gj9157

    3 жыл бұрын

    they do!

  • @joaquinvillanueva2314

    @joaquinvillanueva2314

    3 жыл бұрын

    The iss is connected to it so i think its really funny

  • @niggacockball7995

    @niggacockball7995

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@joaquinvillanueva2314 oh noes they stealin iss😥

  • @GBA811

    @GBA811

    3 жыл бұрын

    I believe is based in the Hermes spacecraft from The Martian.

  • @vijeshkumar692

    @vijeshkumar692

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GBA811 the hermes is just beautiful and cool

  • @Kevinjimtheone
    @Kevinjimtheone3 жыл бұрын

    These graphics and sound effects are out of this world (no pun intended).

  • @mooglebeagle6137
    @mooglebeagle61372 жыл бұрын

    Another great video to put me to sleep, very quiet music in places, no sounds of any sort and very dull speaking with absolutely no excitement or enthusiasm. Perfect

  • @royalrocketer8156
    @royalrocketer81569 ай бұрын

    Thank you for explaining how and why things are the way they are because most science videos just give a very dimmed-down explanation that I am never fully satisfied with.

  • @TheBurtDude
    @TheBurtDude3 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful as always sir!

  • @Hereicome.

    @Hereicome.

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you know about Shri Acharya Prashant? He is a Vedanta teacher! Check out his channel on KZread!

  • @hisham5702

    @hisham5702

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Hereicome. no

  • @earumamaadu

    @earumamaadu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Poda panni

  • @hisham5702

    @hisham5702

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@earumamaadu aysheri

  • @FurkanDincerov

    @FurkanDincerov

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @_bungus_
    @_bungus_3 жыл бұрын

    *Me acting like I perfectly understand what's going on but I'm actually a bumbling idiot*

  • @not_noah69

    @not_noah69

    3 жыл бұрын

    monke

  • @nayandusoruth2468

    @nayandusoruth2468

    3 жыл бұрын

    just play KSP, you'd be surprised how much you can learn from it (although fuel storage isn't a real problem in the game)...

  • @termitreter6545

    @termitreter6545

    3 жыл бұрын

    Go play some Kerbal Space Program, thatll teach you! :D (also its one of the best games ever made and everyone should give it a try) edi: I legitimately didnt see someone else said the same xD

  • @thatbuckmulligan

    @thatbuckmulligan

    2 жыл бұрын

    It really isn’t that complicated, nuclear energy makes spaceship go fast. Get it now?

  • @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409

    @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thatbuckmulligan do physics in highschool and algebra in maths,you will understand

  • @amorosogombe9650
    @amorosogombe9650 Жыл бұрын

    I like that faster transfer times to Mars efforts are going to make the moon seem just around the corner. Lunar settlement just makes so much more sense. Even an extinction event like an asteroid strike are 1. More easily fought from the moon. 2. Earth more easily repopulated from the moon than from mars. 3. We won't feel so psychologically abandoned being able to see the earth from the moon & vice versa.

  • @vicinalgamer9621
    @vicinalgamer9621 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video bro. I would like if youtubers of my country produced videos like yours

  • @SMarti018
    @SMarti0183 жыл бұрын

    I have no idea what this guy is talking about but it was entertaining. This is similar to my infant staring at me in awe as I talk to him about random things.

  • @murungipeter1629

    @murungipeter1629

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me 2

  • @sinisterisrandom8537

    @sinisterisrandom8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    Modern day rockets use fuel(stuff that makes most tracked or wheeled vehicles go room room), hes explaining how this won't be fast enough for us to colonize Mars. Since it may take more than 35+ years, But if we started to make new types of engines(propulsion) its not only faster but less time making it more possible for us to bring life to the planet mars.

  • @murungipeter1629

    @murungipeter1629

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sinisterisrandom8537 thanks

  • @sinisterisrandom8537

    @sinisterisrandom8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    @vladimir putin is andrei panin jfk is jimmy carter can't even tell if your joking or your being serious if so your an idiot.

  • @wat8437

    @wat8437

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@vladimir putin is andrei panin jfk is jimmy carter WAT

  • @DrDeuteron
    @DrDeuteron3 жыл бұрын

    These missions captured my imagination as a kid. Now I have 7 interplanetary mission under the belt. You just gotta go for it.

  • @ImieNazwiskoOK

    @ImieNazwiskoOK

    3 жыл бұрын

    @JD Russell You mean project Starshot?

  • @ImieNazwiskoOK

    @ImieNazwiskoOK

    3 жыл бұрын

    @JD Russell Do you have slightest idea how massive Deimos is? Also right now we have 0 space mining tech.

  • @lurkag2672

    @lurkag2672

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ImieNazwiskoOK Ya it'd way more realistic to just try and construct a rotating habitat in Earth orbit and fly it to mars.

  • @ImieNazwiskoOK

    @ImieNazwiskoOK

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lurkag2672 But this creates fuel problem (as shown in video)

  • @ImieNazwiskoOK

    @ImieNazwiskoOK

    3 жыл бұрын

    @JD Russell What?

  • @maxheadrom3088
    @maxheadrom30882 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video! The Flandro dude started the most effective space exploration program in human history. Thanks!!!!

  • @gajowyify
    @gajowyify Жыл бұрын

    I have some general impression that exploring space evolves into exploring cool presentations of possible future missions.

  • @shingshongshamalama
    @shingshongshamalama3 жыл бұрын

    "Nuclear spacecraft." Ah he's gonna talk about Orion. "Nuclear-powered ion drive." I have underestimated you once again, good sir.

  • @SamBrownBaudot

    @SamBrownBaudot

    3 жыл бұрын

    Orion: Still worth talking about.

  • @uppercut2246

    @uppercut2246

    3 жыл бұрын

    Explain, how anything can break, navigate or steer in a Vacuum. Likewise, explain how the air we breath, is not escaping into said Vacuum. Please, don't spit out the 'Theory Of Gravity', clues in the title, never been proven & only exists in Mathemagics, a non Science 'Abstract'. A Language manipulated to suit their ends. Deal with Objective Reality, use your senses. No rotation, no earth curve & no water bending around a rock, you do not live on the exterior of a Space rock. Grow up 'Condemnation without investigation, is the height of ignorance.

  • @RandomPerson-nd2lf

    @RandomPerson-nd2lf

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@uppercut2246 “Explain, how anything can break, navigate, or steer in a Vacuum.” Well, breaking is quite easy. A few explosives here and there and boom. However, I assume you actually meant to say braking, as one would brake a car. Now, spacecraft in Earth’s orbit never really stop moving, as orbiting is essentially falling, except you are moving sideways fast enough to miss the ground. However, they can certainly slow down, and they generally do this by turning around so that the fiery end of the thrusters is pointed at the direction they are moving in, and then turning on the thrusters, accelerating propellent backwards and producing an equal and opposite reaction that pushes them forwards, in this case slowing them down. As far as navigation goes, it’s mostly just a lot of math to calculate how much and when you need to accelerate in what direction to catch up with any given object at some given time, and then waiting for that exact moment and accelerating by that exact amount. Steering in space is relatively simple. On Earth, an aircraft would tilt its control surfaces, using the flow of air to push the aircraft. However, there is no air in space, so instead spacecraft typically use small thrusters located in various positions around the craft to turn and stop turning. They’re called reaction control systems, look them up, they’re semi interesting. “Likewise, explain how the air we breath, is not escaping into said Vacuum.” Actually, it is escaping into the vacuum. According to phys.org, along with many, many organizations of all shapes and sizes, “Every day, around 90 tonnes of material escapes from our planet’s upper atmosphere and streams off into space.” Of course, your question would then likely shift to “Why isn’t all of it escaping?” I would then answer that question with gravity. Yes, shock, horror, I have listed a theory as evidence! Evidently, you do not know the meaning of a scientific theory, given your comment following immediately after the air escaping one. I believe the word you are looking for when describing something that is entirely hypothetical is, well, a hypothesis. However, the theory of gravity is a scientific theory, and, according to dictionary.com, a scientific theory is “a coherent group of propositions formulated to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation.” As such, I feel it acceptable to bring forth the idea that perhaps an entire planet the size of Earth would have a rather large amount of mass, and therefore a sizable gravity well, strong enough to keep most, but not all, of the various gases surrounding it close to it. However, I am listing all of these explanations with disregard to the fact that you seem disinterested in actual facts and science, as you soon declare that “Mathemagics, a non Science ‘Abstract’” is “A Language manipulated to suit their ends. Deal with Objective Reality, use your senses. No rotation, no earth curve % no water bending around a rock, you do not live on the exterior of a Space rock. Grow up ‘condemnation without investigation, is the height of ignorance.’” Shockingly, the flat Earther who proclaims that all should use objective truths and their senses, condemning all their enemies for “Condemnation without investigation”, believes that math, or as you call it “Mathemagics”, is some part of a conspiracy, hand crafted by some mysteriously powerful yet strangely incompetent They. It is also equally shocking that he believes that our senses contradict the Earth’s curvature, when really they only serve to prove it. For instance, were I to stand on the top of a nearby mountain, and then plant a decent telescope upon it, I would not be able to see the skyline of New York or Los Angeles, and most certainly would not see Beijing or Moscow. However, were I to visit the ports of one of the former and watch the ships by the horizon with said sufficiently powerful telescope, I would see that as they go over the horizon they would disappear bottom up, and vice versa, almost as if we were both on a curved surface, and now the surface of that spheroid was obstructing my view.

  • @skygge1006

    @skygge1006

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@uppercut2246 I love you people you ask a question and then you say don’t answer with the answer your quite idiotic and ignorant you think that you are so intelligent when people who spent their whole life studying, confirming, and finding new results are wrong. Maybe you should stop being ignorant so legitimate tests yourself understand the mathematics and science behind these things and then you can start acting smart

  • @domidoggames

    @domidoggames

    3 жыл бұрын

    I prefer nuclear weapons powered spacecraft

  • @icariusian9128
    @icariusian91283 жыл бұрын

    Stayed 1 year indoors, can definitely handle that trip.

  • @brucegoldberg9463
    @brucegoldberg94632 жыл бұрын

    Well done. I almost understood everything. Will watch again to absorb for further understanding I did receive an A in Physics at Wayne State University Pharmacy school but hey that was 1978. I need a moment to get that part of my mind up to speed. Thanks for your efforts

  • @jacobscott2473
    @jacobscott24732 жыл бұрын

    Was hoping to see some discussion on Nuclear Explosion Drives, where a small fission reaction explosion is the source of the thrust. Pretty interesting if not exceptionally challenging.

  • @Ghost_of_Gaby

    @Ghost_of_Gaby

    Жыл бұрын

    How would that work? you need to eject a lot of mass to create thrust. There is no enough uranium to simply explode and shoot out. Also won't it spread radioactive waste?

  • @lelotz

    @lelotz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ghost_of_Gaby Details, Details...

  • @threehams

    @threehams

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Ghost_of_Gaby It was called Project Orion, and it was cancelled in the 1960s for your reasons and every other reason you can think of. It was a fantastically horrible idea, done before the stronium-90 tooth surveys.

  • @luigeribeiro
    @luigeribeiro3 жыл бұрын

    Hohmann Transfer is not the fastest way, BUT the one with minimum energy requirements.

  • @Chequo10

    @Chequo10

    3 жыл бұрын

    In this context it is since the alternative could take years instead of months to travel

  • @PMMeCuteBugPhotos
    @PMMeCuteBugPhotos2 жыл бұрын

    Cool video! Although I feel you might have undersold Nuclear Thermal video a little - I get the point, since it's more about the potentials of NER, but NERVA is quite an early design that very much in the lower end of what can NTRs do (even for solid cores!). Not to mention that I feel like if we were indeed going with a nuclear thermal, it'd likely be an NTER instead of a simple NTR, as that can push the exhaust velocities much further into the 10+km/s range, or even NERVA-like performance using more easily storeable propellants.

  • @LOLHAMMER45678

    @LOLHAMMER45678

    2 жыл бұрын

    Timberwind was supposed to be a lot better than the OG NERVA designs. What a shame we never built it.

  • @spacecat3630
    @spacecat36302 жыл бұрын

    6:08 I think it would be important to animate the charge neutraliser to, otherwise the positive ions would get pulled back and there'd be no thrust

  • @gibblyjibbly6086
    @gibblyjibbly60863 жыл бұрын

    You know the videos are good when your engineering teacher recommends them to you

  • @pabrielgomez8563

    @pabrielgomez8563

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is KZread your engineering teacher?

  • @altheeathoone

    @altheeathoone

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ya - you wanna believe everything your Teacher says. You were taught by Teachers - who were taught by Teachers - who were taught by Teachers - who were taught by Teachers - who were taught by Teachers - who were taught by Teachers - who were taught by Teachers - who were all taught what and what not to Teach you.

  • @hithere5553

    @hithere5553

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@altheeathoone that’s the beauty of language and education baby!

  • @onnietalone3181

    @onnietalone3181

    2 жыл бұрын

    u are the Apix preadator? our would is o fire, that is why they have wars?

  • @lightningstrikestwice6302
    @lightningstrikestwice63023 жыл бұрын

    It is hard for me to comprehend how brilliant these people are!

  • @Cyberspine

    @Cyberspine

    2 жыл бұрын

    I used to feel the same way before I went to university to get an engineering degree. I'm still no rocket scientist, but I can fathom how people are able to develop these technologies. Much is often said about the uselessness of a college degree, but I believe they are still very valuable.

  • @Cyberspine

    @Cyberspine

    2 жыл бұрын

    @BlackholeTtson452 It would be possible, if such a project was funded. I doubt it will be, though.

  • @eugenecbell

    @eugenecbell

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Cyberspine, I would say it is not a question of if, but of when. It will be funded, perhaps by private corporations, but it will happen, baring a Earth shattering nuclear war.

  • @acrazedgunman3388
    @acrazedgunman3388 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if you could use supercapacitors alongside a ion engine to make a ionic afterburner of a sort. If it's possible it might open up the possibly of being able to use small burn windows with I-engines.

  • @MarkVrankovich
    @MarkVrankovich2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent work. Can't imagine how long this took too make.

  • @thesolitaryowl
    @thesolitaryowl3 жыл бұрын

    Yes it can, I confirmed this in Kerbal Space Program 😁😁

  • @ilikeyourname4807

    @ilikeyourname4807

    3 жыл бұрын

    You mean only with mods. In vanilla it takes you to Duna

  • @chloekaftan

    @chloekaftan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ilikeyourname4807 use RSS+RO then

  • @thesolitaryowl

    @thesolitaryowl

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ilikeyourname4807 haha you got me there, duna it was

  • @martiddy

    @martiddy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait until KSP 2 is released

  • @thesolitaryowl

    @thesolitaryowl

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@martiddy me toooooo. I think about it a lot

  • @misterrickschannel2238
    @misterrickschannel22382 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for giving me a rudimentary understanding of this subject without making me feel stupid. I've been alive for the entirety of human space exploration, and wish to be alive for the first humans to Mars. I'm already 62, though, so I guess we'll see how that plays out.

  • @edwardcoulter9361

    @edwardcoulter9361

    Жыл бұрын

    Misterrickschannel, I’m a retired Engineer, and 81y. Imagine my problem at living long enough to see this through.

  • @khatharrmalkavian3306
    @khatharrmalkavian33062 жыл бұрын

    Minor correction: Radiation is not the means of dispersing heat in space. Ablation can also be used, although you'd need an impractical amount of ablative for the purpose you're talking about.

  • @hugonilsson6067
    @hugonilsson6067 Жыл бұрын

    The funny thing is that the highest possible specific impulse is an engine that most people have at home, a laser pointer for example, unfotunatly the flow rate is of course pretty low as well, but at least its efficient

  • @kostas1510
    @kostas15103 жыл бұрын

    Ok enough inspiration for today, now back to circuits analysis.

  • @piotrd.4850
    @piotrd.48503 жыл бұрын

    13:20 problem with Helium is that until we literally start mining gas giants it is far to precious to use in such applicatons, as opposed to commonplace hydrogen.

  • @MichaelClark-uw7ex

    @MichaelClark-uw7ex

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is Helium on the moon and a lot of it is Helium 3, fusion reactor fuel.

  • @pranavkondapalli9306

    @pranavkondapalli9306

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MichaelClark-uw7ex How much of He-3 exists on mars?

  • @MichaelClark-uw7ex

    @MichaelClark-uw7ex

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Andre Hpunkt The moon is not hollow, it is made if light silicates, aka rock, not much metal. It would be pretty tough to wreck a 2100 mile diameter rock ball.

  • @MichaelClark-uw7ex

    @MichaelClark-uw7ex

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pranavkondapalli9306 Not much, less than the moon, it would be easier to skip Mars and just skim it from the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.

  • @mattdennis6731

    @mattdennis6731

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dosen't the moon have a large amount of helium deposits?

  • @octavianova1300
    @octavianova13002 жыл бұрын

    nuclear technology in general is so tragically underappreciated because of people's mostly irrational fear of it. From nuclear power to nuclear propulsion, nuclear tech is consistently a superlative option that regularly gets passed up and it's such a shame.

  • @huddyTKYO
    @huddyTKYO2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Brian, I had always wondered why we didn’t have nuclear propelled rockets as well since I work as a nuclear operator and see the huge benefits of a long lasting fuel for space exploration. But working in the industry for a few years now and seeing how the US designs and operates its reactors, I don’t think this would ever be possible. I’m not going to get a whole lot into it just because what I’ve learned is technically classified, but there’s a lot of good information put out by the department of energy. Especially when it comes to material sciences, studies on brittle fracture and thermal limitations of materials if you’re interested. But the video itself was super informative and really got me thinking. Plus wasn’t boring. You made science look cool!

  • @jameskirk3

    @jameskirk3

    Жыл бұрын

    Science is cool!

  • @abrahamfernandez1548
    @abrahamfernandez15483 жыл бұрын

    These guys do a great job. The way they explain and give references make their videos so complete. People like me need this channel. 🚀🚀🚀

  • @DKezza
    @DKezza3 жыл бұрын

    Only 20 seconds in and already blown away by the graphics in this one

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

    It sure is fun looking at Model T and Model A rigs as the futuristic crafts they are.

  • @exxusdrugstore300

    @exxusdrugstore300

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a huge feat for us right now, but it is funny to think we'll look at these like the first motorized carriages compared whatever comes in the future (hopefully)

  • @warren010h
    @warren010h2 жыл бұрын

    So much of this goes over my head but damn is it fascinating!

  • @thinkwa-1414
    @thinkwa-14143 жыл бұрын

    How do you put out so high quality content in just 2 weeks!? I love these videos, they are so informative but still interesting. Keep up the great work!

  • @RealEngineering

    @RealEngineering

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s more like a month. While the video is in production I’m writing the next one.

  • @Gereon_

    @Gereon_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many of the more educational oriented channels have insane video output, kinda making me jealous about their work ethics ^^

  • @seino__

    @seino__

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RealEngineering I read this with your voice in my mind.

  • @immortalized_onion
    @immortalized_onion2 жыл бұрын

    You can explain these topics so clearly, I wish my school teacher was half as skilled as you. I haven't even studied this part of mechanics that well yet, but was still able to understand most of what you said reasonably well.

  • @lezzbmm
    @lezzbmm Жыл бұрын

    wow i totally forgot how essential the planet alignments were to the gravity assist of the voyagers lmao love yr videos thx 4 sharing

  • @mrboredj
    @mrboredj2 жыл бұрын

    Would a hybrid engine work, where you use incomplete combustion to generate high mass heavily charged particles (instead of pure ions, e.g. carbon-monoxide) which then can be accelerated by an ion drive/rail gun type system to generate thrust (could even thrown in an after burner step to complete the combustion if it helped...)?

  • @tackyinbention6248
    @tackyinbention62483 жыл бұрын

    I like how the mars vehicle shown is literally just a Martian Hermes attached to the end of the ISS

  • @deanlawson6880
    @deanlawson68803 жыл бұрын

    What a great video! Thanks so much for this. I love how you explain and illustrate in easily understandable terms, and show the actual equations involved with these complex issues! So very nicely done! Thanks so much for this!!

  • @fugfydjirtvug
    @fugfydjirtvug2 жыл бұрын

    Humanity is amazing! Crazy how we can get this kind of education by just KZread.

  • @rodsemple382
    @rodsemple3822 жыл бұрын

    "There are no disc brakes in space'. That one made me chuckle :-)

  • @birbstrike2085
    @birbstrike20853 жыл бұрын

    Is that Spaceship a original creation? If yes damn you definatly nailed that!

  • @kerbalaerospacelabs3445

    @kerbalaerospacelabs3445

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought it looked a lot like how the Hermes from The Martian is portrayed in the film. At least the back half does.

  • @FastSloth87

    @FastSloth87

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kerbalaerospacelabs3445 The front is literally the ISS sideways.

  • @birbstrike2085

    @birbstrike2085

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kerbalaerospacelabs3445 so far I have only read the book. Is the movie good aswell?

  • @anandraj8584

    @anandraj8584

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@birbstrike2085 its one of THe best space movie you should definitely watch it...

  • @ekimoleksander6068

    @ekimoleksander6068

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's a kit bash with a few real and a few fake ships.

  • @santinosartoris
    @santinosartoris3 жыл бұрын

    you explain these confusing topics with such simplicity and accuracy. thanks so much great video

  • @wgarvey84
    @wgarvey842 жыл бұрын

    Faster transport times means traveling closer to the sun and not utilizing free return trajectory. If you have a propulsion breakthrough, use it for increased mass.

  • @carmatic
    @carmatic2 жыл бұрын

    what if you used the gas going towards the ion thrusters as a coolant? especially if you used a heat pump to superheat the gases, perhaps approaching a plasma state where there is no longer any need to spend energy for ionizing the gas

  • @Elucidator-
    @Elucidator-3 жыл бұрын

    Happy I am subbed to this channel for quite some time again. I notice you put a lot of work into this video and I expect nothing less. Great quality: keep it coming!

  • @akwakatsaka1826
    @akwakatsaka18263 жыл бұрын

    I’m blown away from the quality of this video... hats off to you Irish sir ! Dumbing down rocket science to the point where a simple guy like me can understand it is a feat on its own !

  • @thom1218
    @thom12182 жыл бұрын

    @4:10 - The diagram indicate raw oxidizer and fuel being fed into the turbo pump assembly with no indication of combustion taking place... but then venting exhaust. kind of a basic miss there.

  • @Hugging_Cactus
    @Hugging_Cactus Жыл бұрын

    great stuff. we really need to examine humans in space beyond the moon. time and distance and velocity and gravity mean nothing if living things can’t live beyond our protective atmosphere.

  • @mintyfresh2281
    @mintyfresh22813 жыл бұрын

    Literally just started thinking about ideal non-chemical space propulsion methods these past few weeks, great timing to whet my mental appetite, and with such superb detail and panache. Another great video 👍

  • @James-zh6nf
    @James-zh6nf3 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos I gain so much knowledge and I appreciate your work

  • @eastindiaV
    @eastindiaV Жыл бұрын

    I just saw my electronic rocket ship, from Christmas 2016, it can hover, cloak, coast around on vtol mode, and fly to the moon and back in a couple hours. Its just permanent magnets, in a torus, with some mercury, with holes opening into a rocket nozzle. For earth to the moon, it's perfect, but I've made a few other designs since then, made for atmosphere, interplanetary, interdimensional, and time traveling. My favorite are the throwback combustion based atmosphere craft... you can hardly see the spaceships because we have to ascertain their safety... I had to upgrade the power grid because the ionic discharge causes power surges if the grid is weak....

  • @anthonystar
    @anthonystar2 жыл бұрын

    very nicely explained & i got most of it ty :)

  • @1Three8Fiver
    @1Three8Fiver3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic content, love the humanist optimistic approach, being positive about our species. Too easy to find negative regressive attitudes from those declaring they're doing the opposite.

  • @myentertainment55
    @myentertainment553 жыл бұрын

    This video is amazing. I learned a lot from it. Thank you very much! Congrats with 3 mill :)

  • @CC-gt3ro
    @CC-gt3ro Жыл бұрын

    Propulsion is not the only thing to take care. UFO are using a distorsion and two gravitational waves variable in phase to create a protection field around the ship , which is necessary to go faster than light speed and provide projectile and radiation protection.

  • @williamrbuchanan4153
    @williamrbuchanan41532 жыл бұрын

    Like a huge flywheel getting a slap to,keep it speed of rotation constant. But in no gravity it would take very lir

  • @Tripskiii
    @Tripskiii3 жыл бұрын

    i really really like the sounds and new animations you're using. very professional

  • @LAESA1
    @LAESA13 жыл бұрын

    Please do more engineering videos about space, your work is amazing!

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    Many cover Space. Wnat to know some names of youtubers?

  • @spinodino9563

    @spinodino9563

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nenmaster5218 i would like to know some

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@spinodino9563 Cool.

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    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@spinodino9563 Sci Show, Sci Man Dan, Veritasium, Professor Dave, Hbomberguy, i know many. Say if you want more and/or something specific.

  • @AngeloXification
    @AngeloXification2 жыл бұрын

    If there's one thing I've learnt about modern rocket development is that you really don't know till you try. It would be great if there was more funding for ideas like this

  • @lazarusblackwell6988

    @lazarusblackwell6988

    11 ай бұрын

    I think what the world lacks is IDEAS Not money People need cheap and original ideas.

  • @Toughguygames
    @Toughguygames Жыл бұрын

    we really need to finish figuring out fusion, alot of this could be solved by that kinda power in fact the next steps in our journey amoung the stars probably rely in fusion power

  • @simianessence
    @simianessence3 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Gives a very good bird's eye view of the problem of propulsion in space. I like the hybrid ion/ntr idea. Assuming the long-term hydrogen storage problem can be solved, how long would a non-gravity assisted flight that would go into orbit around Sedna take using such an ion/ntr hybrid? Assume a payload mass of ~1,000 kg. I'd love to see a calculation of a mission like that. Mars is not the only game it town.

  • @lavupcreeper8131
    @lavupcreeper81313 жыл бұрын

    I always see a Brilliant sponsorship coming, and I'm never disappointed to see one

  • @Billy_West
    @Billy_West2 жыл бұрын

    I will have to look into this sight! Normally I struggle to understand a lot of this but I LOVE learning about it all! Thanks for this my dude! Truly thank you!

  • @ELECTR0HERMIT
    @ELECTR0HERMIT Жыл бұрын

    Is there research into using water, splitting the H2O to obtain hydrogen for the reactor? I imagine one reactor for splitting the water and second reactor for acceleration.

  • @mbainrot
    @mbainrot3 жыл бұрын

    The editing of the video with the sound effects is bloody awesome ❤️ This has to be the most satisfying video I've ever watched ❤️

  • @marcosfreijeiro8763
    @marcosfreijeiro87633 жыл бұрын

    This is the third time I have watched this video and it still a excellent watch, who needs TV nowadays this content is so much better keep up the good work.

  • @michaelblizzard8801
    @michaelblizzard88012 жыл бұрын

    I was on an airline flight in the 70s and an engineering student showed me that the senior class project was a magnetically contained Uranium fission reactor with gaseous Hydrogen flowing past it to absorb thr radiant heat. I don't know what casing would survive the neutron flux; maybe Niobium. Also the Nerva engine can triple its heat transfer by pulsing pressure in the boiling, pressurized Hydrogen. Published in Analog around 1970.

  • @johncraig2623
    @johncraig2623 Жыл бұрын

    Way back in the Gemini program, rockets were launched into orbit before the Gemini capsule so the in-orbit capsule could dock with the rocket and achieve a higher orbit by firing the rocket. A similar concept could provide a way to give more thrust for departing from earth orbit and to slow down at Mars.

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