Hello, and welcome back to Beyond NERVA! Really quickly, I apologize that I haven’t published more recently. Between moving to a different state, job hunting, and the challenges we’re all facing with […]
The Nuclear Lightbulb – A Brief Introduction
Radiator LNTR: The Last of the Line
Hello, and welcome back to Beyond NERVA! Today, we’re finishing (for now) our in-depth look at liquid fueled nuclear thermal rockets, by looking at the second major type of liquid NTR (LNTR): […]
The Bubbler: Liquid NTRs Without Barriers
Hello, and welcome back to Beyond NERVA! Today, we continue our look at liquid fueled nuclear thermal rockets (LNTRs), with a deep dive into the first of the two main types: what […]
Topaz International part II: The Transition to Collaboration
Hello, and welcome back to Beyond NERVA! Before we begin, I would like to announce that our Patreon page, at https://www.patreon.com/beyondnerva, is live! This blog consumes a considerable amount of my time, […]
US Astro-nuclear History part 2: SNAP-8, NASA’s Space Station Power Supply
Hello, and welcome back to Beyond NERVA! As some of you may have noticed, the website has moved! Yes, we’re now at beyondnerva.com! I’m working on updating the webpage, and am getting […]
History of US Astronuclear Reactors part 1: SNAP-2 and 10A
Hello, and welcome to Beyond NERVA! Today we’re going to look at the program that birthed the first astronuclear reactor to go into orbit, although the extent of the program far exceeds […]
Electric Propulsion Part 1: Thermal and Magnetoplasmadynamic Thrusters
Hello, and welcome back to Beyond NERVA! My apologies for the delay in this post, electric propulsion is not one of my strong points, so I spent a lot of extra time […]
Electric Propulsion: The Oldest “Futuristic” Propulsion Possibility
Hello, and welcome back to Beyond NERVA. Today, we are looking at a very popular topic, but one that doesn’t necessarily require nuclear power: electric propulsion. However, it IS an area that […]
Carbides: Nuclear Thermal Fuels of the Past and Future
Hello, and welcome to Beyond NERVA! Today, we’re looking at a different kind of fuel element than the ones we’ve been examining so far on this blog, one that promises higher operation […]
NTR Hot Fire Testing 2: Modern Designs, New Plans for the LEU NTP
Hello, and welcome back to Beyond NERVA in the second part of our two-part series on ground testing NTRs. In part one, we examined the testing done at the National Defense Research […]
