Fusion Rockets - The Real Mars Express

Ah yes the Jeffrey epstein drive

Can a fusion drive work in a vacuum?

Why not thorium reactor? Also this tech is nothing new since David Adir created this tech back in the 60s.

Hey there rocket scientist, where is your power supply to drive the fusion reactor? Gotta have something to run the EM containment chamber and fuel injection process. From what I have read the PS requirement for start up of a modest working fusion reactor is on the order of 70 megawatts. If your energy produced is going out the tail pipe you don't have the heat exchange cycle to run a turbine to generate electricity to sustain the thing and I don't see that in your diagram.

After watching Artemis 1 recently launch going to the moon, I'll be very excited to see fusion accelerate missions to Mars.

Got to study those flying saucers the USA government have hidden somewhere,a little better,if you ever want to go anywhere, the weight is one problem, the radiation is an ever bigger problem.And then the controls.I thought those saucers used hydrogen accelerators.I wonder how far have they figured those things out by now.I think they even flew one already

I already have an advanced quantum entanglement engine ready to be tested. Hopefully I am not stupid however!

This is still ancient tech.

Prinston Satellite Systems already has a Fusion engine prototype it measures 1 m wide and 10 m long it produces between 10 and 20 N of thrust you should all check it out

So cool

Can't wait to see this happening now.

Who's here after the fusion power breakthrough?

It's here baby

We already have the technology to get to Mars in a month or two using Nuclear Thermal Rockets. During the 1960’s Project Rover, the Phoebus-2A had a power level of 4 Gigawatts of thrust with an SI of 840 seconds. Open-Cycle gas-core NTR designs could provide a specific impulse of 3000-5000 seconds. Project Orion involved creating spacecraft that use fission pulse propulsion where a manned design could get to Mars in about 7 days. If we can get around the danger of nuclear spacecraft accidents, nuclear fission rockets would open space for colonization for today’s world. I think the reason they are not used today is because of the stigma behind nuclear power dangers. Of course, fusion would always be better for obvious reasons but there are remarkable technologies today and in the past that are very underrated.

What about antimatter

Have a wonderful New Year's ! / instant travel is faster ! / / thanks

good news: this can be built/assembled/tested with current proven technology and engineering But, (and i never like this part)

should it?

im all for building/assembling machines capable of generating infinite value/energy/power/you name it and megaship cleary is one of those designs.
the problems arent related to science and engineering limitations anymore- they are now logistical limitations (money as energy source/human cooperation time limits/transport volume to space under maintained precarious conditions/and much many more things like this would be unpredictable variables) the size/scope/scale of a construction project of this size would vastly encompass the entire global economy as it relates to humans (imagine The Pyramids of Giza x The Great Wall of China x Space) and every lego piece is once launch for much of the timeline

so its not about having enough value measurement using numbers its about labor and labor is hard and painful goodluck getting everyone to agree to that for money unless its strictly tied to farm plots/food intake/basic survival services per human's capital and well dont think about what that really is (was? is?). i think iter tokamak is already doing this now on a much smaller scale
am i working or owning/creating/directing/organizing/you name it; or am i working for? there are no in-betweens in a decision like this and how to decide to decide this for everyone to not be able to make the decision very bad

im sure this design will be built and operational one day but for now individual lifespans now are the real limiting factor.
unlike most magic tech currently being made this one has an honest 1/3 lifespan timeline before i would even expect machining for the assembly factories to even begin. (they need to occupy an orbit plot in space to be optimal (functional) etc.

ok thanks 4 reading space cadets

What about the Prinston Satellite Systems Linear Fusion Engine that produces 20 newtons of thrust and 200,000 kilowatts of electricity that could also power the Vasimr Ion engine.

I cannot tell if this is a real human speaking or a well done computerized voice. Good video regardless.

I NEED you to come back to these videos now that people have made fusion technology

Whatever thruster tech.... You can launch big, big ships from the Moon. Low escape velocity. Zero atmospheric drag. Even with current tech. Moon's orbital velocity is also about 1km/s which is a lot for relative speed following launch. Arranging an Earth flyby gravity assist is easy in the sense that there are regular windows for such in all directions along the orbital plane.

So it’s Lithium Ion battery 🔋 power 😮

How will it cool itself,and now we will leave radiation in space now.

I give a lot of hope in the development of the process, but I would have to say it would need to be tested thoroughly before any lives are risked in a journey like that. Engines are marvelous things when they work, but often the more complex that you make something, the more chances there are for it to malfunction at some point.
Perhaps, as crazy as it sounds, when the scientists think they have it right, a small version of the ship could be sent by remote, crewed with a few A.I. bots, and plenty of sensors to monitor everything on board, and have the ship make the trip and return to orbit a few times, as proof of concept.
You can simulate something, and make short runs to see operation, but only when you put them through the constant stresses of real operation will you truly know how well your design will perform.
I truly hope to see the start of that before my lifetime is over, and wish our best and brightest the best of luck in this goal!🙂

I wonder if specific impulse was the reason for the naming of sublight engines in Star Trek... Impulse Engines.

Another technology to consider might be Interstellar Research Groups "23 -- Andrew Higgins - Dynamic Soaring as a Means to Exceed the Solar Wind Speed" and "10 Missions Enabled by Plasma Magnet Sails".

We need to get off this planet.

Time is running out fast.

We need to focus all of our resources and energy into developing an efficient space propulsion technology.

This is the next generation of colonisation by the British. 🇬🇧 I'm proud to be British. 🇬🇧 I'm Malaysian. 🇲🇾

Fusion will change the game for humanity

Wooow soo interesting 🤔

You mean david adair's engine?😮😅

Great animation, the craft is a little but small and lacks radiators but otherwise its pretty good.

I wondering where the electricity came from to power up the magnetic field.

As we speak, Russia is already working on something called object zeus, a 2.5 billion dollars nuclear fission (not fusion) powered spacecraft to visit Jupiter in 2028. If successful, this will be a huge leap for humanity to overcome the large fuel to luggage ratio of the current rockets.

But hey. I keep thinking about this thing. So, the best would be, if there was a fusion powered spaceship, and it was SSTO (single stage to orbit). So it would use its fusion drive to take off from Earth, and then go wherever we want. But, since its nuclear (i guess the most powerful fusion is nuclear fusion?), it would be no good for the environment, i mean, it emits radiation right? Im not sure about it tho. So if some1 do, please answer.

Est-ce qu'on a besoin d'une équipe

Will that spacecraft be launched from the earth or will be built in space like ISS

Antimatter/ matter reactions outstrip fusion by a wide margin and is just as realistic as a fusion power plant or rocket

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if anti matter is possible then anti gravity also is.. at that point we would live a sci fi reality, really want to believe it but it sounds impossible

Make a extremely heavy space craft that never lands. The hull of the ship can easily be designed and built that the radiation dosage would be as if you live at sea level on earth. Nevermind you could 3D print habitats on Mars using local sand and hydrogen rich polymers to do the same. It's all about how much do you want to invest for radiation protection.

In terms of costs and cargo mass, of course this video isn't accounting for the potential of a fully reusable Starship with orbital refuling.

It's not total radiation exposure, it's about the period of time during which you are exposed. 2 Sv in 5 minutes is totally different from the same exposure over 5 years.

If we’re going to build ships to send humans to mars then we should have these ships run off of anti-matter instead of nuclear.

Fusion rockets would be great for Lunar exploitation

If the engine stops working after the initial burn, they'll be trapped on a very long journey beyond the solar system.

Rockets is very low quality