Interplanetary Nuclear Fusion Rockets, A Mini-Documentary

Interplanetary Nuclear Fusion Rockets, A Mini-Documentary

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In the 40’s it was thought that humankind would move out into and conquer space, commercializing it—eventually leading to routine flights around the solar system and even beyond.

The science fiction of the day portrayed such a grand and awe-inspiring future, from Buck Rodgers, to Isaac Asimov’s Galactic Empire and Foundation novels, to the German science-fiction series Perry Rhodan—stories that the creators of Star Trek and Star Wars grew up with and were inspired by.

As the Star Trek and Star Wars, that we all know and love, were inspired by these stories of atomic-rocketships, if we want a future anything like these loved works of fiction—excluding the faster-than-light drives for moment—we will need atomic propulsion.

Part I. The First Fusion Rocket: The Orion
Part II. Robert Zubrin’s Nuclear Saltwater Rocket
Part III. An Orion Improvement: Mini-Mag Orion
Part IV. A Pure-Fusion Design: Project Daedalus
Part V. PennState’s ICAN-II: Antimatter-Catalysed
Microfission/fusion
Part VI. Aneutronic Fusion: Proton-Boron Fusion
Part VII. Fusion Around the Corner: Ultra-Dense Deuterium
Part VIII. Return to Antimatter-Catalysed Fusion
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There are at least three scientists currently working on ultra-dense deuterium:

A Southern Utah scientist is studying potentially the most dense material in our solar system:
https://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2018/01/18/southern-utah-scientist-studying-potentially-most-dense-material-our-solar-system/1044139001/

Atomic Rockets website: Project Orion:
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/realdesigns2.php#id--Project_Orion

GA-5009 vol III "Nuclear Pulse Space Vehicle Study - Conceptual Vehicle Design" by General Atomics (1964): https://web.archive.org/web/20070704104944/http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770085619_1977085619.pdf

Project Orion in USAF Space Plan 1962:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWYo7nfwEXw

Project Orion (wiki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)

Project Orion:
http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-history/project-orion-nuclear-bomb-rocket/

Dr. Leif Holmlid:
https://phys.org/news/2015-09-small-scale-nuclear-fusion-energy-source.html

Nuclear salt-water rocket:
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist.php#id--Nuclear_Thermal--Gas_Core--Open_Cycle--Nuclear_Salt_Water

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_salt-water_rocket

http://path-2.narod.ru/design/base_e/nswr.pdf

NUCLEAR SALT WATER ROCKETS: HIGH THRUST AT 10,000 SEC ISP:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265934300_NUCLEAR_SALT_WATER_ROCKETS_HIGH_THRUST_AT_10000_SEC_ISP

Mini-Mag Orion - MINI-MAGORION: A PULSED NUCLEAR ROCKET FOR CREWED SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dana_Andrews2/publication/268042768_Mini-Mag-Orion_A_Pulsed_Nuclear_Rocket_for_Crewed_Solar_System_Exploration/links/5626c5c108aeabddac9360f9/Mini-Mag-Orion-A-Pulsed-Nuclear-Rocket-for-Crewed-Solar-System-Exploration.pdf

Wikipedia Mini-Mag Orion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-Mag_Orion

Nuclear Saltwater Rocket:
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist.php#nswr

Proton-Boron Fusion
http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/24/028/24028563.pdf

Winterberg is Hermann Oberth Gold Medalist:
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2995324

Ultra-dense Deuterium
https://arxiv.org/pdf/0912.5414.pdf

Aneutronic Fusion:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic_fusion

http://depts.washington.edu/physcert/radcert/575website/slides/presentations1210/4-Esuabana-Aneutronic%20Fusion.pdf

Proton-Boron Fusion - Reactor for boron fusion with picosecond ultrahigh power laser pulses and ultrahigh magnetic field trapping:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1511.03231.pdf

https://www.llnl.gov/news/initial-nif-experiments-meet-requirements-fusion-ignition%C2%A0-new-physics-effect-achieves

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