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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
R.J. Thome, B.A. Smith, R.D. Pillsbury, Jr., M.M. Olmstead, J. Bates, R. Vieira & J. Feng, P. Titus & R.L. Myatt
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1059-1064
Ignition Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29483
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The CIT design has evolved recently from a system in which the central solenoid outer boundary interacts with the inner legs of the toroidal field coils for mutual radial support during operation, to a system in which the central solenoid is radially self-supporting. The machine has also undergone some dimensional changes with a resulting increase in the demand for the total flux swing by the poloidal field (PF) coil system from 61 to 75 volt-seconds. This paper summarizes features of the two central solenoid designs and selected requirements for fabrication and operation. It also presents an update on results from the R&D program for this 20+ tesla coil system, together with future plans.
