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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. 5 …This paper is an anthology of that work and not a general review of antimatter propulsion…
  • p. 7 …Because of the aforementioned performance bounds of combustion engines, the aeronautic industry has worked diligently to…
  • p. 13 …Defense, NASA, and the aerospace industry are working to eliminate multistage rockets for access to low…
  • p. 16 …28 In a solid-core positron rocket, positrons heat a hydrogen working fluid through an attenuating…
  • p. 18 …heated H: • Propellant-heated He • Working fluids for power • Working fluids for power systems - inert gas…
  • p. 21 …was assumed to be parabolic for this work. 38 To make the Sanger photon rocket practical…
  • p. 22 …be possible • Hot-bleed line possible Future work • Efficiency study Gas-Core Sanger Ablation 1000 - 2500…
  • p. 23 …consumption does not dominate rocket positron consumption. ◄ Work 5 Rf'!gf'l'M'rllto.- JC~ ~ 4…
  • p. 31 …What lifetimes might be expected working Figure 22. TEM of Silica Aerogel (courtesy with this material…
2 March 2010
ICOD: 1 December 2009
DIA-08-1003-002
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