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>>12250079
Yes, but thrust doesn't matter as much when in orbit.

>>12019019
>The RD-0410 is a nuclear thermal rocket. The compact reactor used thermal insulation between uranium carbide/tungsten carbide fuel and the zirconium hydride moderator.
>While its performance outshone the American NERVA engine, the project was abandoned when too many technicians kept huddling near the active reactor for warmth during the cold northeast Kazakhstan winter.

>>11984584
The RD-0410 (for some reason the image source calls it a RD-0418), was a more efficient version of the American NERVA rocket engine. It would've been used for a Soviet manned Mars mission.