[HN Gopher] Modeling of pulsed plasma rocket shows it should be ...
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       Modeling of pulsed plasma rocket shows it should be possible to
       create one
        
       Author : belter
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2024-03-31 20:32 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | allears wrote:
       | One pulse per second? Sounds like a bumpy ride.
        
         | krasin wrote:
         | Combustion engines mitigate that problem by having multiple
         | cylinders. An eight-cylinder car engine runs much smoother than
         | a single-cylinder scooter.
        
           | rpmisms wrote:
           | Also flywheels, and I'm not sure what the rocket analogue for
           | that is.
        
         | DennisP wrote:
         | Not as bumpy as Project Orion:
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         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propuls...
        
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