i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoA Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Yearswww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkA Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Yearswww.popularmechanics.comi_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareBrainsploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThis worked, thank you. Article only says doubly efficient, and H2 to He3 reaction. To get to .9c we still need a couple million kg of fuel. Even .1c needs about 40 000 kg of fuel, which is doable, but probably unfeasible.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250331084035/https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a64256267/fusion-rocket-sunbird/
This worked, thank you.
Article only says doubly efficient, and H2 to He3 reaction.
To get to .9c we still need a couple million kg of fuel.
Even .1c needs about 40 000 kg of fuel, which is doable, but probably unfeasible.