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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Positron Aerospace Propulsion

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This unclassified Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency is dated 2 March 2010. It was produced in FY 2009 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. The report reviews work on using positrons as aerospace fuel. It covers air-breathing turbojet and ramjet engines, unmanned aircraft, missiles, single-stage reusable vehicles, positron rockets and a crewed Mars mission, along with how positrons could be produced and stored. It concludes that a first positron-powered flight around the globe could be possible within 10 years.

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  • p. 3 …24 Formation of Positronium in Porous Media ....................................................... 25 Long-Term Storage of Positronium .................................................................. 25 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 27…
  • p. 30 …lifetimes require materials with extraordinarily large voids. FORMATION OF POSITRONIUM IN POROUS MEDIA Positrons are injected…
  • p. 31 …that explains the high efficiency for Ps formation. It therefore serves a dual role as source…
2 March 2010
ICOD: 1 December 2009
DIA-08-1003-002
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