Project Orion Rocket (Challenge)
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An Orion Rocket is a rocket that uses nukes to make it move forward.
Rules:
Keep walls to a minimum (E-walls are allowed)
Contain atleast 3 nukes.
Cooling if needed.
Waste must be disposed of (cooling it with water and creating power that way would be awesome and give extra credit)
No //CLNE\\, ///INSL\\\, DMND or //fan\\.
An ON button.
Create a decent amount of power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1vKMTYa40A
The winner should (imo) get a place in the Notable users.
Deadline: 20th september
EDIT: After some testing I decided to allow INSL, Fan and CLNE and lower the amount of nukes to 3. If you build one that just can keep going you are allowed to use walls (it refills itself). -
As far as I understood from the article they ain't really detonating nukes behind the ships , they are using controlled detonations in a chamber and let the exaust propel it upwards. They stopped the project when they couldn't find anything strong enough to contain a nuclear explosion.
So we gotta build a rocket that has a special chamber in which you detonate small amounts of plutonium ( to simulate a nuke) then release the pressure, or something like that.
Still , which will be the criteria of judging ? And i can't see how it could work without clone , only if its on segments which will make it not look anything like the Orion thingy... -
Snitzi
Actually, the initial plan was as you described: a chamber that channeled a nuclear explosion to be used as a rocket's propulsion system. In the 60's, however, they experimented with fixing a plate to the base of a rocket and detonating the nuke behind it. The plate was designed to not only "ride" the shockwave, but also to increase the efficiency of the shockwave propulsion. -
HolyExLxF
Let me see if i got it straight, they actually taught if they detonate a actual nuclear bomb under a rocket it will propel it upwards? And a plate under the rocket actually worked? I am no physicist, engineer or a very clever guy but I bet even a small nuclear detonation would at least rip apart the actual rocket , let say the plating is still there but how could they have protected the shuttle, only those pistons ? As far as I have read they never got over the drawing board.
