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

• thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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