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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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UNCLASSIFIED/ ,SFIHl 8FFHil.t.k Wfili IH.k\f Table 1. GLOW for Chemical SSRV21 Vehicle Component Structure Thermal Protection Propulsion (4 engines) Electronics TOTAL DRY MASS 15% Margin + Unused Propellants Payload BURNOUT MASS TOTAL PROPELLANT GLOW Mass 25,700 kg 12,300 kg 14,900 kg 7 600 kg 60,500 kg 11,400 kg 11,340 kg (24,948 lbs) 83,240 kg 368,300 kg 451,540 kg (993,388 lbs) Table 2. GLOW for Positron SSRV22 Vehicle Component Structure Thermal Protection Propulsion (4 engines) Electronics TOTAL DRY MASS 15% Margin + Unused Propellants Payload BURNOUT MASS TOTAL PROPELLANT GLOW Mass 25,700 kg 12,300 kg 14,900 kg 7 600 kg 60.500 kg 11,400 kg 11,340 kg (24,948 lbs) 83,240 kg 176,000 kg 259,240 k 590,328 lbs The GLOW of the positron SSRV is 43 percent less than that of the chemical SSRV owing to reduced propellant mass. The PTRE will dramatically increase the affordability of space transportation by increasing the useful payload. 9 UNCLASSIFIED//FIUl 8FFI&I.«1k WliEii IU•klf
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