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atomic rockets atomic rockets atomic rocketships of the space patrol or so you wanna build a rocket this website is dedicated to robert a heinlein and sir arthur c clarke and for planting the seed jerry pournelle and his a step farther out those pesky belters and their torchships est d 1994 a rocket is just the thing click the bar labeled site menu at the top of the screen to navigate the website your imagination has been captured by the roaring rockets from heinlein s space cadet or the polaris from tom corbett space cadet but are such rockets possible how does one go about defining the performance of these atomic powered cruisers this document gives some hints and equations that will allow back of the envelope calculations on such matters though horribly simplistic they are far better than just making up your figures this site was mainly intended for science fiction authors who wanted a little scientific accuracy so they can write sf the way god and heinlein intended arlan andrews s law the technical term is hard science fiction but anybody who is interested can play with the toys contained within designing their own planet rangers rocketships it is assumed that the reader has enough knowledge to know the difference between a star and a planet high school mathematics and enough skill to use a pocket calculator computer spreadsheet and computer programming skills are a plus spreadsheets in particular will make your life much easier the engine and the torchship pages explain how easily do some of the calculations using nomograms the nomograms can be downloaded from those pages or printed versions can be purchased from there is also a poster of the atomic rocket cruiser polaris not to mention official atomic rockets coffee mugs and blank journals while this site originally focused on rocketry equations as you can see it has grown to encompass other topics of interest to science fiction authors and game designers things like galactic empires and interstellar trade this site started out as a small sheet of equations i wrote in 1997 you may find it amusing abet very dated start here patreon alas updates to this website are very sporadic and far in between i ve got about a five year backlog of data that is yet to be incorporated you can help by becoming my patron on patreon for just a few dollars a month you can help break the log jam and allow me to get this website polished and tuned patreon is sort of like a cross between kickstarter and medieval artist s patrons click on the link and i ll explain in detail zeta level patrons elouda epsilon level patrons david s f portree author of the no shortage of dreams spaceflight planning history blog and space exploration speaker phil shanton delta level patrons christopher weuve founder of sfconsim l christopher velez fiora aeterna fiora joe d joe davis silky wilky тоша маленький kessie heldieheren chris rimmer art eaton at suncoast connection christopher velez attorney counselor at law alex kaiser stephen rider william marmont oliver laidla john reiher curator of realistic spaceship illustrations ian carpenter nicholas butta sirberus khaos andrew doull high frontier interstellar 3rd edition developer gamma level patrons michael cousins stephan tual the cryptek arpan phull randy hill philip woods pavonis interactive inc lee crystal torn macalester zac pressler kyle schuant sandy ueffing kem templeton galen buttitta cams michael hutson ray lockwood felicity chevalier is world building prospera les howie gowatch joe maness stephen fleming daragh egan torte hanrahan backyard workshop is proud to support atomic rocket viewlike word unscrambler find words in scrambled strings lisa mayfield topher morvan vlad kirpichenko carl brown torfinn brokke proudly supported by web hosting prof thomas fowler david ellis the vore raymond impastato jeff greason jed whitten creator of starmap cody thompson designer of anu s command earl tower writer simon kaimowitz stephen tweedale jonathan ginsburg dean kennedy terry sofian creator of hive queen and country glenn lee from loadview testing lilith dawn alistair young creator of the eldraeverse ken burnside founder and president of ad astra games michael goetz brad mckinstry jon richards callum roberts sean allen marco renzelli nick bradbeer zachary stein mark w fogg erich maybaum william h edwards innes blomberg fred kiesche of bernal alpha patrick l h burroughs celti author scott lynch ejner fulsang author of the galactican series solomon liu alex smith kristofer murphy levent kemal sadikoglu ron fischer virtual production engineer supervisor title image the image was created by the author using the astonishingly powerful open source program blender 3d the author crafted the mesh using blueprints of the polaris from the spaceship handbook the nerva solid core nuclear thermal rocket was created using reference images of nasa mock ups the green equations are from other pages in this website the background image of earth is courtesy of nasa there is a larger version of the image here for dramatic effect i made the exhaust a blaze of blue in reality a hot hydrogen blast is invisible mastodon verification start preliminary notes start preliminary notes atomic rockets site navigation atomic rockets getting started preliminary notes misconceptions for sf authors operations mission orbits embarking blast off landing engines rocket theory multi stage engine list engine list 1 engine list 2 engine list 3 atomic fuel fusion fuel antimatter fuel spaceship design basic design advanced design sizing atomic radiation power plant heat radiators life support celss human factors artificial gravity habitat module worked example spaceship decks sample deck plans control deck engineering deck astrogation deck sensor deck communication deck sickbay deck emergency deck other decks ship types general ship types torchships starships sublight starships nearlight starships ftl starships 1 ftl starships 2 spaceships realistic designs a g realistic designs h m realistic designs n q realistic designs r z realistic fusion landers space tugs terra return crew and gear crew sidearms slugthrower energy weapons exotic body armor gear space suits man amplifiers robots non space vehicles infrastructure surface to orbit space stations spaceports planetary base infrastructure mining deep space maps of space weird astronomy worldbuilding scifi universes ring raiders cape dread rocketcat s world space war introduction war military astromilitary quasi military colony service space rescue detection weapons intro projectile beam exotic defenses warship design warship gallery space fighters tactics planetary attack orbital attack orbital defense ground attack history and tech future history modeling history calculating history alternate history tech level tech society 1 tech society 2 tech society 3 technological ideology space nations galactic survey settlement planet colony space colony planet roles real colony sites future money starship ownership trade pirates macro economics empire empire dynamics telecom space law empire maps keeping it real respecting science thermo dynamics spicing it up macguffinite unobtainium handwavium reactionless drives antigravity time travel matter transmitter psionics nuke damper aliens alien bodies alien lebensraum alien contact high tech aliens fabulous locations apocalypse future culture measurement language symbols insignia games mythology art music atomic creations poster space age art gallery atomic novels seal of approval appendices glossary equations useful tables mission table online calcs transhab calc suggested read footnotes atomic rockets notices this week s featured addition is spin polarization for fusion propulsion this week s featured addition is instar this week s featured addition is ntr alternatives to liquid hydrogen atomic rockets utilities atomic rockets search support atomic rockets atomic rockets site navigation atomic rockets getting started preliminary notes misconceptions for sf authors operations mission orbits embarking blast off landing engines rocket theory multi stage engine list engine list 1 engine list 2 engine list 3 atomic fuel fusion fuel antimatter fuel spaceship design basic design advanced design sizing atomic radiation power plant heat radiators life support celss human factors artificial gravity habitat module worked example spaceship decks sample deck plans control deck engineering deck astrogation deck sensor deck communication deck sickbay deck emergency deck other decks ship types general ship types torchships starships sublight starships nearlight starships ftl starships 1 ftl starships 2 spaceships realistic designs a g realistic designs h m realistic designs n q realistic designs r z realistic fusion landers space tugs terra return crew and gear crew sidearms slugthrower energy weapons exotic body armor gear space suits man amplifiers robots non space vehicles infrastructure surface to orbit space stations spaceports planetary base infrastructure mining deep space maps of space weird astronomy worldbuilding scifi universes ring raiders cape dread rocketcat s world space war introduction war military astromilitary quasi military colony service space rescue detection weapons intro projectile beam exotic defenses warship design warship gallery space fighters tactics planetary attack orbital attack orbital defense ground attack history and tech future history modeling history calculating history alternate history tech level tech society 1 tech society 2 tech society 3 technological ideology space nations galactic survey settlement planet colony space colony planet roles real colony sites future money starship ownership trade pirates macro economics empire empire dynamics telecom space law empire maps keeping it real respecting science thermo dynamics spicing it up macguffinite unobtainium handwavium reactionless drives antigravity time travel matter transmitter psionics nuke damper aliens alien bodies alien lebensraum alien contact high tech aliens fabulous locations apocalypse future culture measurement language symbols insignia games mythology art music atomic creations poster space age art gallery atomic novels seal of approval appendices glossary equations useful tables mission table online calcs transhab calc suggested read footnotes atomic rockets information 1995 2023 winchell chung 鄭 ᚾᚤᚱᚫᚦ ρ σ ψ page last modified mar 25 2025 15 38 utc website design and coding by matthew lam michroma font used under opl 1 1