The Triton Hopper is a concept for a vehicle to explore the surface of Neptunes moon Triton, which uses a radioisotope heated rocket engine and in-situ propellant acquisition. The initial Triton Hopper conceptual design stores pressurized Nitrogen in a spherical tank to be used as the propellant. The aim of the research was to investigate the benefits of storing propellant at ambient temperature and heating it through a thermal block during engine operation, as opposed to storing gas at a high temperature.


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    Title :

    Analysis of a Radioisotope Thermal Rocket Engine



    Conference:

    AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Expo 2017 ; 2017 ; Grapevine, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-01-09


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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