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Article #7440Re: *** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP ***
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:01
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:01
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In article <C0Jv2M.74z.1@cs.cmu.edu> rcs@cs.arizona.edu (Richard Schroeppel) writes:
>Since fusing protons is so hard, why not use deuterons? ...
>Perhaps the ramscoop collector could selectively enrich d,
>by selecting for atoms having a magnetic moment.
Deuterium fusion is certainly a whole lot more practical than proton
fusion. Unfortunately, there *probably* isn't enough deuterium in the
local interstellar medium to make this work well.
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: *** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP *** Message-ID: <C0K2J0.740@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:01:44 GMT References: <C0Jv2M.74z.1@cs.cmu.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 11