#ElectricPropulsion* isn't #SciFi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iJz_Byo4IU

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_electric_propulsion#Types

#FusionPower #FusionPropulsion

A fusion-powered #spacecraft could make the trip to #Mars 🔴 in 90 days or less.The roadmap identifies milestones in #FusionPropulsion technology to deploy fusion spacecraft in the 2030s, on par with the vast majority of fusion developers’ commercialization timelines (89% of fusion companies* anticipate fusion on the grid in the 2030s or before) https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/fia-launches-fusion-spacecraft-propulsion-roadmap

* members : https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/about/members

“While we are still some years away from making #fusion energy a viable technology for #PowerGeneration on Earth, we don’t need to wait to start using this power source for #SpacecraftPropulsion” https://edition.cnn.com/science/nuclear-powered-rocket-pulsar-space-spc/index.html

#FusionPropulsion #helium3

#Space 🌌 is a far more logical, sensible place to do #fusion, because that’s where it wants to happen anyway. In 📆 2027, we’re going to send a small part of #Sunbird in #orbit. The first #functional Sunbird will be ready four to five years later. Sunbird could deliver #cargo to #Mars 🔴 in under six months https://edition.cnn.com/science/nuclear-powered-rocket-pulsar-space-spc/index.html

#SpacecraftPropulsion #FusionPropulsion #PulsarFusion

🇪🇸 #Sevilla 📆 Jan 22, 2025 : An achievement that takes us closer to generating #clean and #limitless #energy 🔋using #NuclearFusion. Negative triangularity can help reduce damage to the #tokamak wall, which is a concern in fusion reactors. https://interestingengineering.com/energy/smart-fusion-reactor-first-plasma

🇫🇷 #Cadarache 📆 Feb 19, 2025 Nuclear fusion world record for plasma duration https://phys.org/news/2025-02-nuclear-fusion-west-machine-world.html

#FusionPower #MagneticConfinementFusion #FusionPropulsion

#FusionPropulsion offers 1000 times the power of conventional #IonThrusters currently used in orbit. The vacuum environment and extremely cold ❄️ temperatures of space 🌌 provide an ideal setting for fusion propulsion * https://orbitaltoday.com/2023/07/14/interplanetary-travel-to-become-faster-through-nuclear-fusion/

* https://orbitaltoday.com/2023/06/15/us-and-uk-join-forces-to-apply-nuclear-fusion-propulsion-to-future-mars-travel/

#SpacecraftPropulsion
#RocketScience