Well I certainly hope so
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/17 ... agreement/
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Re: At last a step forward to the future
Neeto! 200kW gets you one pound of thrust... Well, still neat. The multi megawatt fission powered one going to Mars in 39 days is way cool. Now we just need viable cryo-sleep to go to the stars!
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Re: At last a step forward to the future
Hi Mike
A busard ramjet for the stars I think
200 kw is good for a lbs of real and constant thrust when you don't have to pay a fuel bill just the capital cost of the equipment to harvest it, 20 years ago I worked on Ion and plasma equipment for semiconductor production, its a surprise it has taken this long to get some one focused and motivated enough to produce a proof of concept drive for space testing.
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A busard ramjet for the stars I think
200 kw is good for a lbs of real and constant thrust when you don't have to pay a fuel bill just the capital cost of the equipment to harvest it, 20 years ago I worked on Ion and plasma equipment for semiconductor production, its a surprise it has taken this long to get some one focused and motivated enough to produce a proof of concept drive for space testing.
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