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boxington 02/13/20 6:49:24 PM #1:	https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/uk-firm-set-test-100000mph-3832391 A super-fast 100,000mph interstellar space rocket has been tested by a private British nuclear fusion company. Pulsar Fusion, a privately owned and operated nuclear fusion firm based in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, has built and tested a miniature prototype of a plasma-powered rocket thruster. If successful, the powerful rocket could more than double space flight speeds. Current rockets work well at propelling astronauts into space, but have a maximum exhaust speed of around 40,000mph. So once outside of Earths atmosphere, they are too slow for humans to travel meaningful distances in acceptable mission timeframes. Sending a spacecraft with people on board much beyond Mars is currently far out of reach of existing space sector technology. But a nuclear fusion engine has the ability to halve journey times to the red planet and make expeditions beyond our solar system a realistic possibility. The thruster tested at Pulsar is capable of reaching a top speed of 100,000mph, with the device also capable of achieving ten times the efficiency of a conventional chemical rocket. Nuclear fusion A huge amount of energy is put into argon gas, the propellant, to produce a high temperature plasma similar to that found in a nuclear fusion reactor, before an electromagnetic field is used to shoot out the plasma at very high speeds. The device has been constructed as part of Pulsars initiative to design and build a larger, hotter thruster that will utilize nuclear fusion power to ultimately create exhaust speeds in excess of 500,000 mph. Head of operations at Pulsar, Dr James Lambert said: This first round of tests is designed to locate our concept in space design and explore state of the art electric propulsion. It included electrical and vacuum subsystem validation, as well as using a materials testing suite to establish flight parameters and minimum viable product specifications for the new generation of thruster engines. Pulsar CEORichard Dinan says: I see nuclear fusion as a sector that will sweep in a whole host of innovation it is not just power station technology. Propulsion is possibly even a natural first step, over powering the national grid, on the road towards commercial fusion. At Pulsar, we develop and invest in several promising components and technologies, each with nuclear fusion at their heart. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iT1yE7DQl8c --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:934340827] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/uk-firm-set-test-100000mph-3832391 <quote>A super-fast 100,000mph interstellar space rocket has been tested by a private British nuclear fusion company. Pulsar Fusion, a privately owned and operated nuclear fusion firm based in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, has built and tested a miniature prototype of a plasma-powered rocket thruster. If successful, the powerful rocket could more than double space flight speeds. Current rockets work well at propelling astronauts into space, but have a maximum exhaust speed of around 40,000mph. So once outside of Earths atmosphere, they are too slow for humans to travel meaningful distances in acceptable mission timeframes. Sending a spacecraft with people on board much beyond Mars is currently far out of reach of existing space sector technology. But a nuclear fusion engine has the ability to halve journey times to the red planet and make expeditions beyond our solar system a realistic possibility. The thruster tested at Pulsar is capable of reaching a top speed of 100,000mph, with the device also capable of achieving ten times the efficiency of a conventional chemical rocket. Nuclear fusion A huge amount of energy is put into argon gas, the propellant, to produce a high temperature plasma similar to that found in a nuclear fusion reactor, before an electromagnetic field is used to shoot out the plasma at very high speeds. The device has been constructed as part of Pulsars initiative to design and build a larger, hotter thruster that will utilize nuclear fusion power to ultimately create exhaust speeds in excess of 500,000 mph. Head of operations at Pulsar, Dr James Lambert said: This first round of tests is designed to locate our concept in space design and explore state of the art electric propulsion. It included electrical and vacuum subsystem validation, as well as using a materials testing suite to establish flight parameters and minimum viable product specifications for the new generation of thruster engines. Pulsar CEORichard Dinan says: I see nuclear fusion as a sector that will sweep in a whole host of innovation it is not just power station technology. Propulsion is possibly even a natural first step, over powering the national grid, on the road towards commercial fusion. At Pulsar, we develop and invest in several promising components and technologies, each with nuclear fusion at their heart.</quote> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iT1yE7DQl8c </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SiO4 02/13/20 6:52:57 PM #3:	Ex-Kefiroth posted... which is still super fucking slow as far as interstellar travel is concerned 2.5 hours, just to the moon!! --- "Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you." ~Carl Sagan. Currently playing: Flight Simulator X.~PC <cite>SiO4 posted [p:934340956] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>Ex-Kefiroth posted...</cite> <quote>which is still super fucking slow as far as interstellar travel is concerned </quote> 2.5 hours, just to the moon!!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Duncanwii 02/13/20 6:59:10 PM #4:	Great, now watch Russia use it to make more powerful nuclear weapons. We need less nuclear material, not more. --- Hello, I like video games and comedies. Let's be friends. :) <cite>Duncanwii posted [p:934341227] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>Great, now watch Russia use it to make more powerful nuclear weapons. We need less nuclear material, not more. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
obeseexplosive 02/13/20 6:59:24 PM #5:	Ex-Kefiroth posted... which is still super fucking slow as far as interstellar travel is concerned Light speeds to slow --- Skittle farting unicorn in a hot pink tutu. <cite>obeseexplosive posted [p:934341231] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>Ex-Kefiroth posted...</cite> <quote>which is still super fucking slow as far as interstellar travel is concerned </quote> Light speeds to slow</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
treewojima 02/13/20 7:01:23 PM #6:	SiO4 posted... Ex-Kefiroth posted... which is still super fucking slow as far as interstellar travel is concerned 2.5 hours, just to the moon!! better than the 3 days that the Apollo missions took to get there but you'd have to factor in the extra time needed to flip the craft around and do a reverse burn so you can safely enter orbit <cite>treewojima posted [p:934341312] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>SiO4 posted...</cite> <quote>Ex-Kefiroth posted...</cite> <quote> which is still super fucking slow as far as interstellar travel is concerned </quote> 2.5 hours, just to the moon!!</quote> better than the 3 days that the Apollo missions took to get there but you'd have to factor in the extra time needed to flip the craft around and do a reverse burn so you can safely enter orbit</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
omega cookie 02/13/20 7:02:08 PM #7:	Duncanwii posted... Great, now watch Russia use it to make more powerful nuclear weapons. We need less nuclear material, not more. Imagine crying over technological advancement. --- FFRK: BRKB - Eiko - Guardian Mog <cite>omega cookie posted [p:934341350] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted... </cite> <quote>Great, now watch Russia use it to make more powerful nuclear weapons. We need less nuclear material, not more.</quote>Imagine crying over technological advancement. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
treewojima 02/13/20 7:02:13 PM #8:	Duncanwii posted... Great, now watch Russia use it to make more powerful nuclear weapons. We need less nuclear material, not more. holy shit, do you even understand how fusion works literally uses some of the most common elements in the universe <cite>treewojima posted [p:934341353] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted...</cite> <quote>Great, now watch Russia use it to make more powerful nuclear weapons. We need less nuclear material, not more. </quote> holy shit, do you even understand how fusion works literally uses some of the most common elements in the universe</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
omega cookie 02/13/20 7:03:04 PM #9:	treewojima posted... holy shit, do you even understand No matter what you put after that, the answer would be no. --- FFRK: BRKB - Eiko - Guardian Mog <cite>omega cookie posted [p:934341393] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>treewojima posted... </cite> <quote>holy shit, do you even understand</quote>No matter what you put after that, the answer would be no. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
treewojima 02/13/20 7:08:50 PM #10:	you'd think for someone so neurotic and obsessed with nuclear weapons, he'd at least have looked up how a thermonuclear device operates lol <cite>treewojima posted [p:934341661] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>you'd think for someone so neurotic and obsessed with nuclear weapons, he'd at least have looked up how a thermonuclear device operates lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Complete_Idi0t 02/13/20 7:11:42 PM #11:	I heard Russia might eventually find a way to make a bomb that's 3,000 times more powerful than the one used in Hiroshima <cite>Complete_Idi0t posted [p:934341779] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>I heard Russia might eventually find a way to make a bomb that's 3,000 times more powerful than the one used in Hiroshima </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cobra1010 02/13/20 7:19:14 PM #12:	SiO4 posted... 2.5 hours, just to the moon!! How long to Mars? And how long to the edge of our solar system? --- Now is the hour! Riders of Rohan! Oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all, to lord and land! <cite>Cobra1010 posted [p:934342081] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>SiO4 posted... </cite> <quote>2.5 hours, just to the moon!!</quote> How long to Mars? And how long to the edge of our solar system? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fossil 02/13/20 7:20:18 PM #13:	Bad ass. What a time to be alive. <cite>Fossil posted [p:934342125] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>Bad ass. What a time to be alive. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
obeseexplosive 02/13/20 7:23:48 PM #14:	Fossil posted... Bad ass. What a time to be alive. To bad your a fossil. :/ --- Skittle farting unicorn in a hot pink tutu. <cite>obeseexplosive posted [p:934342283] in UK firm se... [t:78403802]...</cite> <quote>Fossil posted...</cite> <quote>Bad ass. What a time to be alive. </quote> To bad your a fossil. :/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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