Recent comments in /f/space
Hughjarse t1_j5svws2 wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
There's the obvious dangers of a rocket exploding and creating a nuclear disaster.
Then you have the fact that we use nuclear energy because it is clean, sending rockets to space is not. You lose any benefit you had from using it, if you just put it on a rocket burning 1400 tonnes of fuel to take 26.7 tonnes to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
tripy75 t1_j5svw5a wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
just take a few minutes to learn why: https://youtu.be/Us2Z-WC9rao
[deleted] t1_j5svv48 wrote
mindlessgames t1_j5svplp wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
It's not actually that bad to store it and it's really bad if a rocket full of radioactive fuel fails in flight.
[deleted] t1_j5svfs0 wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
Know first how many failed rocket launch test we humans are doing before sending a successful one. And know what will happen if a nuclear rocket explodes via accident
[deleted] t1_j5svfdv wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
[removed]
procyons2stars OP t1_j5svese wrote
Reply to comment by RSV4KruKut in 2024 Eclipse - Best Locations by procyons2stars
So probably best to head to texas?
PhilGibbs7777 t1_j5sv8nr wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
(1) It's far too expensive (2) It's far too dangerous
PokemonRfrnzNOTfood t1_j5sv6gs wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
Radioactive material is sooooooo fucking heavy. Also, consider the risks.
alphagusta t1_j5su55e wrote
Reply to comment by __WanderLust_ in Rocket Lab launches 3 satellites in first mission from U.S. soil by Robb4848
Rocketlab has the advantage right now in terms of experience
Astra seems to be middling around, their main rocket has been an abysmal flop, its launch failure rate is high in terms of 1960's launches, never mind the 2000's
Firefly has had a 1:1 fail success so far
Relativity has good vision and a good goal with a functional vehicle ready to go.
The rest are still stuck in a perpetual state of testing engines, making test articles and asking for funding
RSV4KruKut t1_j5stb4r wrote
Reply to 2024 Eclipse - Best Locations by procyons2stars
Indianapolis to Pittsburgh is a very cloudy region of the US. Seeing the sun for consecutive days is rare.
procyons2stars OP t1_j5srnbs wrote
Reply to comment by bad-crab in 2024 Eclipse - Best Locations by procyons2stars
I know! Little will be 4 and she's dino/space obsessed. I'd love an excuse to head up there but I do have connections in San Antonio so that's an option. I love San Antonio. But it doesn't have a dinosphere 😂
[deleted] t1_j5sqy1b wrote
[deleted] t1_j5sq2jl wrote
[removed]
bad-crab t1_j5spgtb wrote
Reply to 2024 Eclipse - Best Locations by procyons2stars
DinoWHAT?!
googles
I didn’t know they could make dinosaurs cooler than they already are.
FrostyAcanthocephala t1_j5solke wrote
Well, the mathematics for this are way beyond me, but isn't the existence of higher dimensions pure theory anyway?
FrostyAcanthocephala t1_j5sm9xt wrote
Reply to comment by Shrike99 in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676
Right. Fresh fuel isn't dangerous. /s
Enorats t1_j5slki0 wrote
Reply to comment by me_too_999 in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676
That.. sort of sounds like the plot to an alternate history novel I read years ago, not the actual history.
Shrike99 t1_j5sktby wrote
Reply to comment by HIMP_Dahak_172291 in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676
Fresh nuclear fuel isn't very dangerous. It's only after it's been used for a bit that it gets full of nasty isotopes.
So the simple answer is to launch the reactor cold and only activate it once safely in orbit.
Shrike99 t1_j5skqbr wrote
Reply to comment by me_too_999 in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676
That incident was in 1958. NERVA didn't start seeing budget cuts until 1969 when Nixon got in, over a decade later. It seems unlikely there was any connection.
me_too_999 t1_j5sex5v wrote
Reply to comment by Adeldor in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676
Looks like the deaths were from a separate incident, but here's a link I found.
__WanderLust_ t1_j5sbmq6 wrote
I wonder which one of these start-up rocket companies is going to hit it big.
I haven't been paying really close attention but have seen quite a few companies in my online reading pop up. I had no idea there were so many.
SteeleDuke t1_j5sw11s wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
What about slingshotting nuclear waste into space? No rockets.