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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion (2)
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This Defense Intelligence Agency reference document, dated 1 November 2010, is one of a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2010 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It covers fusion plasma physics, confinement methods, and propulsion concepts that use aneutronic fuels such as hydrogen and boron-11. It concludes that such thrusters may soon replace satellite ion thrusters. It also finds that they will not be practical beyond the solar system without breakthrough propulsion physics.
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- p. 6 …For mitigating shielding mass and
tritium fuel launch-safety concerns, non-neutron-generating "aneutronic" fusion fuels…
- p. 16 …The estimated gross mass of the 968-MW reactor was 112 Mg
with a corresponding mass…
- p. 17 …and may
lead to the smaller reactor mass for
propulsion of 20 Mg producing
300 MW…
- p. 19 …with a force equal to the ion mass times the strength of
the electric field (Coulomb…
- p. 21 …The mass of the VX-200 engine is estimated at ~300 kg. NASA intends
to test…
- p. 23 …Fusion propulsion systems pay a mass penalty for carrying their
power source. However, a propellant mass…
- p. 24 …a minimum
amount of energy in the mass equivalent of 10 6 kg. However, in 1960…
- p. 28 …have been shown
conceptually to have low-mass aneutronic fusion propulsion systems that could use
direct…
- p. 31 …fuel
systems gas storage storage will reduce mass and
costs.
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- p. 35 …Transitioning these
concepts to space is an immense challenge given the large mass, power requirements,
and…
01 November 2010
ICOD: 20 July 2010
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