[AR] Re: Tesla Thruster Specs?
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:27:08 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019, Galejs, Robert - 1007 - MITLL wrote:
...Any idea of how high a thrust a cold-gas thruster
could achieve given the 5000-10000 psi tank pressure?
More thrust is basically just a matter of making the thruster bigger --
other things being equal, it all scales by throat area. Of course, that
also means you run out of propellant faster.
Henry
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