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Death of a Project (1965)
- anjanb 4y agoI'm getting a message "download limit exceeded" when I click the link
- nn_m 4y ago
- hanslub42 4y agohttps://www.sfwriter.com/dyson-orion-death-of-a-project.pdf https://www.sfwriter.com/dyson-orion-death-of-a-project.pdf
- basicplus2 4y agoThis is the project that died... Thermonuclear Micro-Bomb Rocket Propulsion https://archive.org/details/DTIC_AD0746027 https://archive.org/details/DTIC_AD0746027
- Animats 4y agoNote that this is not fission-powered Orion. This is a cleaner He3 - D reaction which produces no neutrons. It's all charged particles, for which magnetic containment is potentially possible.
- Animats 4y agoIt's a reasonable idea, and there's been further work on ignition of fusion reactions with electron beams.[1][2] But not much further work. Ignition with laser beams works, but the equipment required fills a huge building. If someone figures out how to do this, it becomes possible to make H-bombs without uranium or plutonium. There's a good chance that further results in this area are classified. Much like laser isotope separation, which is known to work and may be a bit too easy. [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230915062_Initiation_of_thermonuclear_reactions_by_high-current_electron_beams https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230915062_Initiatio... [2] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-plasma-physics/article/abs/superionbeam-accelerator-for-the-ignition-of-thermonuclear-reactions/837D9C25231E9109390F4950F91B7142 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-plasma-ph...