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@i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish •
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A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years

www.popularmechanics.com

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A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years

www.popularmechanics.com

@i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish •
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Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to achieving that dream.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250331084035/https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a64256267/fusion-rocket-sunbird/

  • @cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de
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    36•3 months ago

    No you won’t.

    • @Mihies@programming.dev
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      C’mon they have a video showing it! It has to be real!!!

      • @thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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        7•3 months ago

        cutting it in half… would still require a long fuckin time

        For example, when New Horizons launched back in 2006, it took the spacecraft 9.5 years to finally reach Pluto. Pulsar Fusion claims that it could cut that travel time in half.

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          Yeah, this is a looong way off from a 1G burn all the way.

          edit: 4.5 years to pluto is about the equivalent of a 0.001G burn all the way using this to calculate

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