[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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