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"Using existing rocket fuels, it's nearly impossible for humans to explore much beyond Earth," said lead researcher John Slough, a UW research associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics in a statement. "We are hoping to give us a much more powerful source of energy in space that could eventually lead to making interplanetary travel commonplace."
The proposed Fusion Driven Rocket (FDR) is a 150-ton system that uses magnetism to compress lithium or aluminum metal bands around a deuterium-tritium fuel pellet to initiate fusion. The resultant microsecond reaction forces the propellant mass out at 30 kilometers per second, and would be able to pulse every minute or so and not cause g-force damage to the spacecraft's occupants.
The spent fuel pellet is ejected behind the motor to provide propulsion, and because the whole process is magnetically controlled there's relatively little wear and tear on the engines. A pellet the size of a grain of sand would provide the same propellant as a gallon of conventional rocket fuel.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04...ast_mars_trip/
Em tese, uma compressão eletromagnetica conseguria provocar mini-nukes de energia, dando outro sentido no fornecimento de energia que conhecemos.
Quem jogou ME ta ligado das armas com relé de massa que aceleravam partículas como se fossem munição infinita.
[MASS EFFECT IRL] Mass Relay em pesquisa
