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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.

  • p. 7 …To keep engines small, the combustion rate in the engine needs to be high. 5 At…
  • p. 17 …A small fraction of the hot exit propellant is bled off to a turbine that drives…
  • p. 22 …Alternatively, solar collectors or closed-loop nuclear reactors could be employed. To improve ablation efficiency, annihilation…
  • p. 28 …could be produced in 6 months to enable a globe-encircling flight of a small air…
  • p. 31 …Because this process is proportional to B2, magnetic fields should be small-less than 0.1…
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Positron Aerospace Propulsion
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Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. Comments or questions pertaining to
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