Re: Interstellar Propulsion idea using an Asteroid and a few comets!

From: Martin 53N 1W (ml_news_at_ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:21:32 GMT

Alan Anderson wrote:
[...]
> drag". The amount of energy needed to collect and compress the hydrogen
> is more than you get from using it as a fusion fuel. Basically, the scoop
[...]

So what of instead just taking all your fuel and using a fusion reactor
to drive an ion drive that itself uses the reactor waste as the reaction
mass.

(Lots of reactions there! (:-))

And then there is the idea of using a huge magnetic drive to react
against the galactic magnetic field...

But what's the most plausible for working?

Regards,
Martin 

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