Red Soviet Union

Chapter 1041 Nuclear Powered Rocket

The fission and fusion of atoms will bring mass loss, and this mass loss contains huge energy. Einstein's mass-energy conversion equation indicates that this is almost inexhaustible energy!

The disaster of World War II was also an era of rapid development of science and technology. The atomic bomb was quickly developed during World War II. After that, the nuclear reactor was invented. Human beings can use nuclear energy peacefully to serve human production and life.

At the same time, nuclear energy is also favored by space agencies. If nuclear energy can be used in space, it will greatly increase the source of energy!

The first to be used, of course, is nuclear batteries! Many Soviet reconnaissance satellites used nuclear batteries. The power provided by such nuclear batteries was far higher than that of solar panels. At the same time, the durability of nuclear batteries was also very strong. The Voyagers launched by the United States detected The device has been away from the solar system for a long time, and it is still working because of its powerful performance.

However, how to use nuclear power on rockets is a question worth considering. After all, nuclear explosions are simple, and nuclear batteries are also simple. However, how to directly use nuclear power to propel rockets?

In this regard, the Americans have a big brain hole, and they proposed a simple solution. Small-equivalent atomic bombs are used to explode one after another at the tail of the rocket, and the propulsion disc installed behind the rocket can absorb the shock wave generated by the explosion and use it to gain power! This is the Orion program.

It is conceivable that the process of launching this thing is like jellyfish in the ocean, bouncing and bouncing, and every time an atomic bomb is dropped, the rocket will jump up a certain distance. The process is enough to make people tremble with fear!

During the take-off phase, a small atomic bomb with an equivalent of 100 tons of tnt is detonated every second. When the rocket reaches a certain speed and altitude, the detonation rate drops to one every 10 seconds. nuclear bomb.

The Americans at that time had already conducted experiments with conventional bombs, and it was feasible, but this thing was still aborted in the end. After all, it would be too insane to detonate a nuclear bomb directly!

So, in the end, they all turned to the solution of nuclear-powered rocket engines similar to liquid rockets. The U.S. has designed the nerva nuclear rocket engine. Its fuel is mainly uranium 235 or plutonium 239. Nuclear fission fuel is used to generate heat, and the working fluid in the combustion chamber is heated to make it ejected. Generally, hydrogen with the lowest molecular weight is used to obtain the reaction force. Working fluid in order to obtain the highest jet velocity.

Why can't ordinary chemical rockets be used? Because these ordinary rockets can only work for a few hundred seconds, but consume tons of fuel! If a chemical rocket is used to fly to Mars, the rocket is ignited for a few hundred seconds, and after the spacecraft is accelerated, the remaining long voyage is a process of continuous flight by inertia, which is quite long!

In this regard, the original Jumbo Saturn 5 is a typical representative. Its first stage is equipped with 2075 tons of liquid oxygen kerosene propellant. Once the engine is ignited, it can drink all of them in 2 minutes and 34 seconds Beverage. However, it is only enough to send 47 tons of payload to the moon. Of the 3,500 tons of take-off thrust, a large part is used to drag the rocket itself and more than 2,000 tons of fuel. The propulsion efficiency of this rocket low.

The advantage of using a nuclear reactor to heat the working fluid is that it does not need to carry a very large mass of oxidant, but only needs to carry a relatively very small mass of liquid hydrogen. Compared with chemical rockets, the specific impulse is very large, and the total speed can reach very high. Also, it lasts a long time.

By 1972, the power of the nerva-2 engine designed by the United States reached 5000mw, and the continuous thrust was 90 tons. Although the thrust is not great, in outer space, as long as there is thrust, the spacecraft can be accelerated continuously!

The American design only stopped at the sketches, at most simple prototype experiments were carried out. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, carried out research and development in earnest. This is the rd-0410 nuclear rocket engine!

Like America's nuclear-powered rockets,

The principle of this engine is also to use the fission heat generated by the reactor to heat the working medium, that is, the propellant, to a very high temperature, and then eject the high-temperature and high-pressure working medium from the nozzle at high speed, thereby generating a huge driving force.

And the Soviet Union, which has always been at the forefront of space technology, has never given up on the development of this rocket engine! So far, this kind of engine has finally matured and has been installed on the rocket!

At the same time, this engine has been further modified, showing that it can not only provide thrust, but also provide electricity! After all, when the spacecraft is flying, it needs a certain power supply! Especially after entering deep space, the farther and farther away from the sun, the efficiency of solar panels will become lower and lower.

Andrei is not yet the general secretary of the Soviet, but as his successor, he has now fully presided over all the work of the Soviet! Before Putin arrived, Andre was reading this document, and now, after communicating with Putin, Andre said: I have been spending these months in the Kremlin, and now I should go out Let's go. We want to go to the launch site to see our rocket launch.

In the past few months, Andre has not gone out. Of course, he also has other concerns. How serious is the secret Freemasonry's infiltration of the Soviet Union? Although Andre is not afraid of any retaliation by any force, Andre knows that his personal safety is related to the future of the entire Soviet, so he must be careful. If you go out casually and get shot and killed by someone, that would be stupid.

But now, a few months is enough to clean up those conspirators. At this time, Andre should also show up to the outside world, and Andre really wants to see it! Moreover, after becoming the successor of the general secretary, Andrei came into contact with more secrets. These secrets are not only related to the Soviet, but even to the entire human race.

Marshal Andrei, Varisi is a very competent guard captain. He can protect you well. At the same time, our KGB department will do our best to ensure your travel safety. Putin said.

Varisi, the captain of Andre's guard before Putin became Andre's follower, also came from the Far Eastern Military Region. Varisi's loyalty is entirely dependable.

Well, the special plane should also be inspected. Andre said: At the same time, make a backup plan.

When Andrei came back last time, the supersonic commercial airliner was tampered with. After Putin took over the position of chairman of the KGB, he immediately launched an investigation and found out two or three people serving the Freemasons . As far as Boris alone is concerned, he doesn't have that much energy at all. He reached out to Andre's side. At the same time, on the Soviet aircraft carrier, a traitor was also cleared out, and it was this traitor who leaked Andre whereabouts.

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