@60sRefugee The Sunbird engines use #helium3. #PulsarFusion’s design is in the third phase of its development, with the ambitious aim of testing #Sunbird technology in-orbit in 📆 2027. Sunbirds shall be permanently stationed in low-Earth orbit, where they would attach to spacecraft leaving our atmosphere and propel them at unprecedented speeds toward far-off destinations, such as Mars https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fusion-rockets-could-theoretically-cut-our-travel-time-to-mars-in-half-this-uk-startup-wants-to-give-it-a-try-180986455

¡Atención! El futuro de los viajes espaciales acaba de dar un salto gigante con un cohete nuclear de 329.000 mph. 🚀 Pulsar Fusion y su Dual Direct Fusi están revolucionando la astronáutica. ¿Listos para explorar el universo? #PulsarFusion #ViajesEspaciales ✨ https://www.foxnews.com/tech/329000-mph-nuclear-rocket-leading-next-era-space-travel

#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

A #DirectFusionDrive* could propel a #spacecraft to #Mars 🔴 in two months. For comparison, it took #NASA’s 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

📆 August 7, 2023 fusion ignition 💥 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

#NuclearFusion #SpacecraftPropulsion #HelicitySpace #PulsarFusion

Sky is the limit... or maybe it's not?! 🤔 A lot to be done before we can say anything about this, but definitely project worth following.
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#PulsarFusion wants to use #nuclearfusion to make interstellar space travel a reality | #TechCrunch #TDBNews
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/07/pulsar-fusion-interstellar-space-travel-a-reality/