Nuclear Reactors + Metal Thrusters: The Game-Changer for Cislunar Supply Chains скачать в хорошем качестве

Nuclear Reactors + Metal Thrusters: The Game-Changer for Cislunar Supply Chains

A fully circular cislunar metal ecosystem that turns orbital debris into propellant, structural materials and power for the next era of exploration! ------- Love learning about space startups? Your support helps me research deeper, produce higher-quality videos, and keep this content coming! Even a small coffee fuels the next big idea. ☕ Support here: https://buymeacoffee.com/spacestartup... ------- In this video we explore how ~10,000 tonnes of scrap metal already floating in low Earth orbit (half of it aluminium) can become the backbone of sustainable cislunar operations, fuelling thrusters, building satellites and supporting lunar outposts, all without waiting decades for lunar water ice mining. Key highlights: Space tugs from Impulse Space (Helios) and Blue Origin (Blue Ring) collecting spent upper stages and debris Orbital recycling by CisLunar Industries + Neumann Space’s “circular propulsion ecosystem” (US Space Force backed) Vacuum furnace proof-of-concept from UK startup Space Forge (1,000°C achieved in orbit) Propellant rods for Neumann Drive and MagDrive metal thrusters (Isp up to 3,000+ s with magnesium) Firefly Aerospace’s EML-1 supply hub concept + lunar impact disposal to Poincaré Basin (NASA-endorsed site) Gitai dual-arm rovers for scrap retrieval + future regolith-sintered lunar transport networks Near-Earth M-type asteroids (e.g. 1986 DA) as future bulk sources (delta-v as low as 5.5 km/s) Scaling pulsed arc thrusters with nuclear reactors (clustering + magnetic nozzles) for Moon/Mars cargo — including NASA’s 2021 NEP study (200 tonnes to Mars in 535 days at 1.9 MW) Could metal recycling outpace water-based propellant architectures for near-term cislunar supply chains? With launch costs plummeting, debris removal paying dividends, and solid-metal thrusters already flying, the case is stronger than ever. Follow on X: https://x.com/SpaceStartupHub 00:00 Intro 01:05 CisLunar Metal Ecosystem 04:32 Supporting a CisLunar Supply Hub at EML-1 07:07 Near Earth Objects (NEO): M-Type Asteroids 08:03 Scaling Up Pulsed Arc Thrusters Using Nuclear Reactors 12:06 Final Thoughts 14:06 Outro Sources: CisLunar Industries to Procure World Leading Propulsion System from Neumann Space under U.S. Space Force Project [PDF]: https://neumannspace.com/wp-content/u... Pulsed Cathodic Arc Thruster (PCAT) - Thrust Scaling Chart: https://www.spacestartupnews.com/char... NUCLEAR POWER CONCEPTS FOR HIGH-POWER ELECTRIC PROPULSION MISSIONS TO MARS, 2021 [PDF]: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/2...