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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p. 7 …Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen and can be separated from the hydrogen in water. Fusion…
p. 15 …Typical shielding material includes water, paraffin wax, and polyethylene blocks. 4. Heavy Charged Particles (p, a…
p. 16 …will require copious amounts of water for the crew, and water can be used to provide…
p. 23 …available by centrifuging ordinary tap water to separate out heavy water (D2O). Because of deuterium's…
p. 25 …CAVITATION (BUBBLE) FUSION In water, vapor bubbles are produced when pressures drop below 2,300 pascals…
p. 26 …Aneutronic Fusion Schemes Deuterium is readily available by centrifuging water, and protons are ionized hydrogen atoms…

01 November 2010
ICOD: 20 July 2010
DIA-08-1011-003
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