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Article #7681Re: Nuclear Fusion Pulse Propulsion Systems -- available literature
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1986 02:10
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1986 02:10
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> ... Word has it that the
> Nova, Novette inertial confinement scheme at Larry Labs is a loser and
> only good for bomb work. It'll never be useful for producing electrical
> power or propelling a spacecraft.
Laser fusion has never looked particularly good for propelling spacecraft;
lasers are too inefficient and too heavy. This is why the Daedalus study
picked electron-beam fusion instead.
--
Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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