Re: Interstellar Propulsion idea using an Asteroid and a few comets!
From: Paul Blay (ranma_at_saotome.demon.co.uk)
Date: 08/17/04
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:37:19 +0100
"Martin 53N 1W" wrote ...
> Paul F. Dietz wrote:
>> N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:
>>
>>> We have nuclear fusion now. What we cannot do is keep it running on
>>> Earth,
>>
>> We don't have fusion because building an economical fusion reactor
>> is simply a difficult problem.
>
> Look up ITER:
> http://www.iter.org/
"to aim at demonstrating steady-state operation using non-inductive current
drive with a ratio of fusion power to input power for current drive (Q) of at
least 5."
... would appear to be one of the most relevant bits. Of course it does say
"to aim at". And 'economical' is _not_ one of the aims.
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