i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoA Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Yearswww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkA Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Yearswww.popularmechanics.comi_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoC’mon they have a video showing it! It has to be real!!!
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agocutting 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.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 days agoYeah, this is a looong way off from a 1G burn all the way. edit: 4.5 years to pluto is about the equivalent of a 0.001G burn all the way using this to calculate
C’mon they have a video showing it! It has to be real!!!
cutting it in half… would still require a long fuckin time
Yeah, this is a looong way off from a 1G burn all the way.
edit: 4.5 years to pluto is about the equivalent of a 0.001G burn all the way using this to calculate