Could Bussard ramjet work?

The Bussard ramjet will only work when the vehicle is moving fast enough to collect enough interstellar mass. Since space is almost empty, The ship has to go faster than about 6\% light speed for the ramjet to even work. Therefore a Bussard ramjet needs to carry sufficient fuel to get up to 6\% light speed on its own.

Would a ramjet work in space?

You’d have a very special type of jet engine, a “flying stovepipe” fit for slicing through the sky at thousands of miles per hour. You’d have a ramjet. Thus, while rockets can operate in the near vacuum of space, ramjets must fly through the atmosphere.

How does the Bussard ramjet work?

The ramjet is based on fusion at its heart. Electromagnetic fields would collect hydrogen that would then enter a nuclear fusion reactor and provide the energy for a powerful exhaust jet. Unused hydrogen is also expelled in the exhaust.

What is the rocket in interstellar?

The Endurance is the interplanetary spacecraft built by NASA as part of Project Endurance. It is the ship that carries Cooper, Amelia, Doyle, Romilly, CASE, and TARS on their voyage through the wormhole to a system located in another galaxy near the black hole Gargantua.

How does a Bussard ramjet work?

Bussard proposed a ramjet variant of a fusion rocket capable of reasonable interstellar travel, using enormous electromagnetic fields (ranging from kilometers to many thousands of kilometers in diameter) as a ram scoop to collect and compress hydrogen from the interstellar medium.

Can you collect hydrogen in space?

As for your original question, beyond the fact that it technically unfeasible and wholly impractical, it is possible to collect hydrogen from space and burn it on the earth but you run the risk of depleting atmospheric oxygen. A better approach would be to harvest comets as they already contain water.

Did they use a Saturn V in interstellar?

Getting into space This explains two interesting choices in “Interstellar” — first, the launch vehicle for leaving Earth. Yes, that was a trusty Saturn V rocket you saw leaving the launch silo in the film. After all, the new SLS [NASA’s Space Launch System megarocket] incorporates elements of Apollo technology.

How do ramjet planes take off?

Because ramjets cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed, they cannot move an aircraft from a standstill. A ramjet-powered vehicle, therefore, requires an assisted take-off like a rocket assist to accelerate it to a speed where it begins to produce thrust.

How fast does a turboprop plane fly?

between 250 and 400 mph
Turboprop engines are most efficient at speeds between 250 and 400 mph and altitudes between 18,000 and 30,000 feet. They also perform well at the slow speeds required for takeoff and landing and are fuel efficient.

What’s the speed of Mach 6?

3,600mph
The US military has conducted a test flight of its hypersonic jet Waverider, aiming to reach Mach 6 (3,600mph; 5795km/h) above the Pacific Ocean. At that speed it could travel from London to New York in about an hour.