Mars Journeys: Expedited Trajectories or the Fusion Dream?
How new asteroid data and fusion rockets could make Mars trips shorter. See what it means for space travel.
#MarsTravel, #SpaceExploration, #FusionPower, #Nasa, #AsteroidData
https://newsletter.tf/faster-mars-trips-asteroid-fusion-nuclear-2026/
Scientists are looking at two main ways to travel to Mars faster. One uses asteroid paths and could cut travel time. The other uses fusion power, which could cut the trip in half.
#MarsTravel, #SpaceExploration, #FusionPower, #Nasa, #AsteroidData
https://newsletter.tf/faster-mars-trips-asteroid-fusion-nuclear-2026/
The article is a bit skimpy on details and the curves really simplistic â well it's log scale â but the conclusion I can see, even if fusion power plants would work, they probably won't be cost effective soon.
While nuclear fusion power is often hailed as a future source of abundant, clean energy, current dominant fusion designs, magnetic and laser inertial, are unlikely to become competitive due to their expected low experience rates. Accordingly, policymakers should not rely on, or fund, fusion power as a core pillar of future clean energy systems unless designs with different characteristics are developed.
"...operational fusion plant to the European grid by the 2030s. If things proceed as planned, the power plant, Stellaris, would be the first of its kind to generate net energy gain for both commercial and research purposes." #FusionPower #GreenEnergy
"Just because we can" is sometimes enough reason for what otherwise looks like pointless activity (BASE jumping, NFL football, sudoku, putting boots on the moon with no clearly defined purpose etc.) but when it comes to actual utility, why we think creating our own sun-in-a-bottle is better than using the actual freely gifted fusion reactor we already have continues to mystify me. The trade for any gain is starkly lopsided.
While nuclear fusion power is often hailed as a future source of abundant, clean energy, current dominant fusion designs, magnetic and laser inertial, are unlikely to become competitive due to their expected low experience rates. Accordingly, policymakers should not rely on, or fund, fusion power as a core pillar of future clean energy systems unless designs with different characteristics are developed.
Openstar hit another step on their development. Nice one. Fusions now only 9 1/2 years away ;-)
They'd better have some good de-greaser given how many politicians they had on site. It would be handy if they had a nuclear incinerator handy....
Advanced Plasma Sensors Could Be Key to Unlocking Commercial Fusion Power
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Advanced Plasma Sensors Could Be Key to Unlocking Commercial Fusion Power
đ° Original title: The hidden technology that could unlock commercial fusion power
đ€ IA: It's not clickbait â
đ„ Usuarios: It's not clickbait â
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/advanced-plasma-sensors-could-be-key-to-unlocking-commercial-fusion-power/?redirpost=045add89-5279-40d2-b41c-64316bc2fc57
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