Nomad Life 3 and A New Class of Bimodal NTP/NEP with a Wave Rotor Topping Cycle Enabling Fast Transit to Mars
My life as a nomad and Yes that is really the name of it
Nomad Life
Christmas Break eventually came to a close and the property was no closer to closing. I assured myself that it must be the next week that I will close. That is why, when I went back to Titusville, I went back to the same Airbnb, the RV. I only booked it for 2 weeks, since I obviously would be closing on my property very soon.
Another delay happened to set me back. My debt to income ratio was on a razors edge and my property manager was already ghosting me concerning needed paperwork. You can read about that train wreck here.
I was barley going to be able to afford this property, but it would all be worth it when my living expenses dropped to near zero. In order to keep the seller interested in the deal taking longer than usual, I had to forfeit the earnest money. Basically, this meant that if I didn’t get the property, I would loose the earnest money deposit, however, if I got the property, then the earnest money goes to paying for the property. After 2 weeks, I tried to re-rent the same RV, since it was cheap, but unfortunately, someone else had booked the next week. This forced me to look for another place to live.
I ended up renting another Airbnb. This time it was a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house in a nice part of Titusville. The house was nice, but there were people staying in the other rooms. This made me feel uneasy since there were no locks on the doors, so I was afraid someone would come in a steal my stuff. On top of that, the driveway was prone to being crowded. I stayed there for yet another 2 weeks, hoping that the deal was just on the verge of closing. I had to sleep in a room with no desk, so my computer set up looked like this. And yes, it is as uncomfortable as it looks.
Around mid February of 2024, while I was at work, I got a phone call from the insurance agent that was going to help get the proper insurance for the deal. He asked for the 4-point inspection and the wind mitigation report. These 2 documents come from the inspector after they do a thorough inspection on the property. I was about to go work a job and so I frantically searched for anything from the inspection company in my email inbox. I found the one document that was sent to me from them and sent it just in time. I went to my job gleeful that I was able to work both my job and invest into real estate. A few days later I got a call from the seller of the property. I was in the middle of a another important operation but I answered it because I thought it would be important. It was. The seller basically said that he heard that the deal was dead. I was shocked by this. I was trying to figure out what had happened. I paid off all my credit card debt, I had enough cash reserves, I had the loan in place and I just sent the insurance documents a few days ago. What could have happened that would have killed this deal and made the seller call me directly.
to be cont.
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New Class of Bimodal NTP/NEP with a Wave Rotor Topping Cycle Enabling Fast Transit to Mars
I have spoken about Nuclear rockets before. These are rockets twice as efficient as normal combustion rockets that can get spacecraft to destinations a lot faster. I have spoken about nuclear rockets in this edition.
While the DRACO program was interesting, there are other groups looking into nuclear engines. That is where NASA’s NIAC program comes into plan. NIAC stands for NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts. I have spoken about NIAC before in these newsletter editions.
NIAC was created to help fund visionary and innovative scientific missions that are not practical, yet. One such project chosen was from the University of Florida. This is the New Class of Bimodal NTP/NEP with a Wave Rotor Topping Cycle Enabling Fast Transit to Mars. Before you turn your brain off at this horrific name, lets dissect what this means. NTP stand for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion. NEP is Nuclear Electric Propulsion. NTP is where atoms are broken down in a reactor and ejected out. NEP is where a nuclear reactor is used to generate electricity, which charges an electric field, that is used to accelerate protons out the back, thereby generating thrust. While some groups are focusing on one or the other, this project seeks to combine both. That is what the Bimodal portion is about. Now all that’s left is to understand the Wave Rotor Topping Cycle. A wave rotor, otherwise known as a pressure wave supercharger, is something found inside of internal combustion engines, like what a car has. The idea is that the exhaust air that is created from the engine is then redirected back into the side with the intake air. This extra exhaust gas helps to compress the intake air which makes the engine more efficient. The exhaust is then ejected back. Below is what the cycle looks like.
The four cycles of operation of the pressure wave supercharger, credit: Evan Mason
When this compression is paired with the already superheated LH2 fuel that the NTP engine is creating, it allows the spacecraft engine exhaust to be increased dramatically. For context, specific impulse is the measure of how efficient an engine can create thrust. This means the high impulse, low thrust of the NEP combines with the high thrust, lower impulse NTP engine to turn into a high thrust, high impulse engine that allows humans to fly to mars in only 45 days! With a chemical rocket, it would take 6-9 months! The impulse is not as high as the NEP’s 10,000 seconds, but is around the range of 1800-4000 seconds. The NTP by itself is only 900 seconds.
Hopefully this helps you to now understand what Bimodal NTP/NEP with a Wave Rotor Topping Cycle Enabling Fast Transit to Mars means. Essentially, a combined Nuclear Thermal and Electric engine that uses compressed gas to increase engine efficiency. Or if that is still too complex for you, number go up.
image credit” Ryan Gosse University of Florida, Gainesville
For another explanation, watch this video below. It’s how I heard about this project.
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resources:
https://www.nasa.gov/general/new-class-of-bimodal-ntp-nep-with-a-wave-rotor-topping-cycle-enabling-fast-transit-to-mars/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_wave_supercharger