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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. 2 …This product is one in a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2009 under…
  • p. 28 …Earlier, a nonstop flight around the globe by a small positron UAV was described as equivalent…
  • p. 33 …100, 947 (1955) 10 G. Luders, Ann. Phys. 2, 1-15 (1957). 11 G. A. Smith…
  • p. 34 …36 G. A. Smith, "Positron Propelled and Powered Space Transport Vehicle for Planetary Missions", NIAC Phase…
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2 March 2010
ICOD: 1 December 2009
DIA-08-1003-002
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