cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27606387
A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a64256267/fusion-rocket-sunbird/
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a64256267/fusion-rocket-sunbird/
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27606387
4 Comments
i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
are these calculations correct?
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/4d7lq5iazh
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I mean maybe, I don't know. You're likely to crush whoever is in the vehicle trying to go that fast. Humans can only handle very low g-acceleration.
Railcar8095@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y
spittingimage@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Thinking about it, a fusion rocket makes sense. The difficulty with building a fusion reactor is containing the plasma, but with a rocket you want the plasma to escape. It sounds much easier.
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Is this real? Or has somebody debunked this? It sounds a bit sketchy with the recent woo-woo science scams, and with the CEO Richard Dinan not having any degree or even finishing high school.
Fundamentally it might be possible to have a non sustainable fusion reaction that requires more energy in than out, but that produces great impulse. But I haven't found anything that explains how it's done. And then the question becomes how they supply the power needed to do fusion and direct the output into one direction.