Tintin "On a marché sur la lune"- Lunar Rocket-3

[Justo Miranda]

Levels A, B/1 and B/2

 

[Justo Miranda]

Levels C/1, C/2 and D

 

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Level E drawings

 

[Justo Miranda]

Level E key of illustrations

 

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Level F drawings

 

[Justo Miranda]

Level F key of illustrations

 

[Justo Miranda]

Levels G/1 and G/2

 

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Level H

 

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Level J

 

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Levels K and L

 

[Justo Miranda]

Levels K and L key of illustrations

 

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Level M

 

[Justo Miranda]

Tailfin and landing gear

 

[Michel Van]

Fantastic Work, Justo

A question and Suggestion

Do i see right this is Nuclear rocket that heat water into high thrust Steam ?

There is interesting variation of Nuclear Salt water Rocket by William Mook
it use Water salted with Lithium-6 Deuteride (same ratio like Seawater)
That mixture is pump true a The High Flux Isotope Reactor with high neutrons output.
Here the Lithium-6 Deuteride undergoes fission and heat the Water to Steam
But with 4,700 km/sec exhaust speed with extreme thrust !

The Engine can provide 1gee acceleration and get it in 3,75 hours to moon
From radioactivity is "less" dangerous as NERVA or Gas-Core engine, but keep a big safety distance to that Rocket after landing....

 

[Justo Miranda]

From "Tintin et la Lune" by Jacques HIRON and Justo Miranda (Draft of the projected book)

 

[Justo Miranda]

Post-2

 

[Michel Van]

Water heating to steam then cracking into Hydrogen and oxygen that is nuclear heated !

The earlier NTP studies looked into use of Waters as reaction mass for NERVA type engines
i recollected vague on concept were Hydrogen and oxygen was nuclear heated before combustion or as afterburner

 

[Justo Miranda]