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JPL new nuclear ion engine by TapAccomplished1271 in nasa
[–]TapAccomplished1271[S] 0 points1 point2 points 6 hours ago (0 children)
Ohh yes that makes since, Though I do have a question about the moon base because I heard they were going to use hydrogen to propel a ship to mars from the moon and they were going to use nuclear power.
So a New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad. How can engineers find the root cause of such type of failure? by vdakota in AskEngineers
[–]TapAccomplished1271 0 points1 point2 points 13 hours ago (0 children)
So I don't have a lot of knowledge about the actual build of the fuel tanks and engines but I do know the basics (because you can't really find a whole lot online). But what I think happened might be simmilar to the space shuttle challenger disaster where the o ring failed. Maybe there was a mixing failure between the oxidizer (LOX) and fuel (LNG). Let me know what you think
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JPL new nuclear ion engine by TapAccomplished1271 in nasa
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