Questions tagged [isp]
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How high is the ISP of a fire extinguisher
After seeing this question Flying around on a fire extinguisher I wondered how high the ISP of a fire extinguisher is. What is the ISP of a fire extinguisher?
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Has combustion chamber water injection been used in RP1 rocket engine design?
Goddard’s rocket, the V2 rocket and Redstone all used water in their Alcohol fuel for combustion temperature control. To the best of my knowledge, water has not been used in RP1 fueled rockets for ...
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What's the typical temperature of a reactor core in a nuclear thermal rocket?
I am curious of the typical temperature of a nuclear fission reactor in a NTR and I heard that increasing temperature could increase Isp but couldn't find any useful data online. Please provide viable ...
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