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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. 4 …Total Positron Requirement for SSRV With a Dry Mass of 60,500 kg ....... 10 Table 4…
  • p. 6 …Hence, when Ps self-annihilates, there is 100 percent conversion of mass into electromagnetic energy given…
  • p. 7 …5 At sea level for a fuel-air mass ratio of 0.068, it is 500…
  • p. 10 …1.00 Positron Mass (mg) ./V 1.50 Figure 6. UAV Range Versus Positron Mass (courtesy…
  • p. 12 …nonstop flights are possible. • Increase in structural mass allows more electronics/passenger amenities. RAMJET-ASSISTED MISSILE…
  • p. 13 …Improving payload mass requires reducing propellant and structural mass, both of which can be accomplished using…
  • p. 14 …GLOW for Chemical SSRV21 Vehicle Component Structure Thermal Protection Propulsion (4 engines) Electronics TOTAL DRY MASS…
  • p. 15 …24 The positron mass budget for a 60,500-kg dry mass for ascension to LEO…
  • p. 17 …First, a reduction in the engine mass for a given thrust is realized; second, there is…
  • p. 19 …lead-cartridge concepts show promise if the mass flow rate of the hydrogen propellant exceeds that…
  • p. 20 …flow-through system with LH2 at higher mass flow rates than LXe; and (d) One-fluid…
  • p. 21 …A separate Brayton-cycle positron energy conversion system provides power to the pellet mass driver and…
  • p. 22 …Comparison of Three Positron Propulsion Concepts for Mars Mission lsp Thrust e+ mass Special Notes Solid…
  • p. 24 …On board propellant requires an overall interplanetary system mass that prohibits use of any type of…
  • p. 25 …This gives significant mass savings or an equivalent reduction in Mars-to-Earth return time for…
  • p. 26 …Mars reference mission 53 , 54 considered payload masses of 60,000 kg for 2015 missions. This…
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• Environmental/pollution monitoring.
• Fire detection and monitoring.
• Aerial surveying.
• Weather and atmospheric monitoring.
• Border patrol.
• Emergency communications relay.
• Drug interdiction.
• Law enforcement.
• Highway/road monitoring.
• Search and rescue.
Commercial
• Iceberg patrol/tracking in shipping lanes.
• Railway/pipeline/power line monitoring.
• Commercial fishing reconnaissance/sea-life monitoring.
• Environmental/pollution monitoring.
• Livestock monitoring.
• Mineral exploration.
• Weather sensing.
• Agriculture.
Additional advantages to the commercial airline industry:
• Less propellant means increased payload/passenger per aircraft.
• Global nonstop flights are possible.
• Increase in structural mass allows more electronics/passenger amenities.
RAMJET-ASSISTED MISSILE (RAM)
The BOMARC 440-kilometer (km)-range antiaircraft missile was developed by the U.S.
Air Force in the 1950s to counter Soviet bombers. In the 1960s, the Talcs, a long-range
surface-to-air missile, was developed by the U.S. Navy and later converted to the
Vandal missile. Both ramjets (Figure 8) activated at mach 1.
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