Is it possible to energize a steam rocket enough to go to space?
Apr 24, 2016 · This cocktail is passed over or mixed with a catalyst (depending on if its solid, such as silver, or liquid, for which I can't think of an example; potassium permanganate, perhaps), …
Are In-Flight Electrically Heated Steam Rockets Possible?
Jan 15, 2022 · In none of the questions I looked at, someone considered the rocket carrying water in its tanks and gradually heating that water, turning it into steam, during the flight to maintain …
What is the vapour/smoke that comes from a rocket before launch?
Nov 29, 2016 · While a rocket is waiting on the platform during the final countdown, it often seems to have clouds of steam or something similar escaping from it. Is this normal, and what are …
Could pressurized steam be an effective propellant for satellites?
Sep 3, 2020 · Could moon ice be used to fuel a steam powered jetpack for EVA in space or high altitude exploration on the moon? 2 Using heated water as propellant for a DT-He3 fusion …
rockets - Could moon ice be used to fuel a steam powered jetpack …
Apr 24, 2020 · Those engines were very efficient, with very high exhaust velocities. Steam rocket engines' exhaust velocities are much lower. Why were Space Shuttle engines so efficient …
Is it possible to launch a rocket with steam by using a fission …
Mar 24, 2021 · A solid-core nuclear thermal rocket has a chamber temperature pretty similar to that of a modern hydrogen-oxygen rocket, and if your NTR runs on water then its exhaust …
Could Spin Solve Needs for a Hot Water / Steam Rocket?
Nov 18, 2022 · Instead of the old concept of nuclear thermal steam rocket, could we use spin in a pill shaped rocket to provide structural integrity, flight stability, energy storage, artificial gravity, …
Using heated water as propellant for a DT-He3 fusion thruster
May 10, 2020 · $\begingroup$ @Markitect: You really don't want a low performance steam rocket. Your fusion propulsion system will be doing almost all of the work, and you'd be making that …
Could steam be used as a efficient power source for a space craft?
Apr 26, 2015 · Third, efficient steam engines do not work at the boiling point of water. Instead, water in boilers is pressurized so that it boils only at a much higher pressure, and steam is …
Why all the 'dust' on liftoff? - Space Exploration Stack Exchange
Feb 7, 2022 · Air is a good insulator, so when steam interacts with it at 20-30°C, it takes a while to condense, which is why the rocket plume is not necessarily billowy at semi-low altitude. But …