Via Next Big Future
Just spent the last hour and a half slogging through this series of posts on this space propulsion system. It is new to me. Chalk it up to yet another fusion strategy that is out there. There are two others of the hot fusion type which are not what you would call conventional. Also, this one does not appear to be aneutronic, meaning that it will be radioactive to at least some extent.
Also, it doesn't appear to have the goal of being net energy, which means it needs an external power source. This could be solar or nuclear. Yes, nuclear.
The Department of Defense and NASA has funded this one. It also appears that Brian Wang seems to think well of it, but not everybody is happy. That shouldn't be a surprise. If there is one thing that you can count on, for anything new, there are going to be skeptics and critics.
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