A #DirectFusionDrive* could propel a #spacecraft to #Mars π΄ in two months. For comparison, it took #NASAβs Perseverance rover about seven months to reach the Red Planet. https://payloadspace.com/helicity-raises-5m-for-in-space-fusion-propulsion/
Exhaust speeds are calculated to be roughly one-thousand times that of a #HallEffectThruster https://www.space.com/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-spacetravel
π August 7, 2023 fusion ignition π₯ breakthrough https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-scientists-repeat-fusion-power-breakthrough-ft-2023-08-06/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Fusion_Drive
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