Defense Intelligence Reference Document Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion(1)

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document, dated 1 November 2010, was produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency under its Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It surveys propulsion technologies that include chemical, ion, and nuclear fission rockets, fusion schemes, aneutronic fusion, and antimatter propulsion. It also covers radiation shielding and speculates on research needs over the next 30 years for missions from low Earth orbit to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Alpha Centauri. The document concludes that aneutronic fusion promises to be an important mechanism for future space propulsion.

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“The Sun”7 pages

p. 14 …energetic protons from our own sun all contribute to the radiation dose received by humans in…
p. 15 …the planet helps to shield people from most of the effects of radiation from the sun…
p. 21 …Nuclear Fusion Rocket Design CLASSIC NUCLEAR FUSION SCHEMES Nuclear fusion, which powers the Sun and the…
p. 22 …The Sun emits vast amounts of thermal energy through the fusion of hydrogen isotopes; it overcomes…
p. 26 …due to ion impact on the Moon from the Sun. Over one million tons of helium…
p. 35 …from cosmic sources, including the proton flux from the Sun. The specific impulse of chemical rockets…
p. 36 …approximately the same size as the Sun. Alpha Centauri C, or Proxima Centauri, is the closest…

01 November 2010
ICOD: 20 July 2010
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