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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Advanced Nuclear Propulsion For Manned Deep Space Missions
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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 11 March 2010, was produced under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It argues that spaceships powered by deuterium thermonuclear reactions could be built with current science and technology. The paper covers ignition by GeV proton beams, magnetic insulation, the Super Marx generator and conjectured chemical superexplosives, and it concludes that such craft could make manned exploration of the entire solar system possible.
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- p. 36 …Winterberg, Raumfahrtforschung 15, 208-217 (1971).
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- p. 37 …54, R1742 (1995).
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11 March 2010
ICOD: 1 December 2009
DIA-08-1003-007
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Acquisition Threat Support
Advanced Nuclear Propulsion
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