Comment on A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years

cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Mihies@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  C’mon they have a video showing it! It has to be real!!!

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  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    cutting it in half… would still require a long fuckin time

    For example, when New Horizons launched back in 2006, it took the spacecraft 9.5 years to finally reach Pluto. Pulsar Fusion claims that it could cut that travel time in half.

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    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, this is a looong way off from a 1G burn all the way.

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