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Can I build a better rocket engine by using an onboard nuclear reactor to spin a disk extremely fast, then use the rotational energy to catapult propellant out the back of the rocket at insane speeds, thus generating more thrust and using the radioactive uranium as the real fuel source? (see sketch)

by /u/MaliceRhino in /r/askscience

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