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Thread: Nukes versus chemical
# 16019 byHuebner, Jay on Nov. 14, 2001, 7:37 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
To say that "Over 80% of the system mass for a rocket is in the mass of the
oxidizer." without saying what the rocket system is just plane nuts. A
nuclear thermal rocket using hydrogen as the reaction mass uses no oxidizer.
It has no chemical fuel and the oxidizer mass is zero. Please stop sending
nonsense.