Investigations performed under a NASA Small Business Independent Research (SBIR) Phase I Award have shown that hydrogen propellant heating from fusion energy on the order of a few corresponding to power absorption rates of a few GW, can produce on the order of 100 kN of thrust with a 0.5 kg/s propellant mass flow rate.
Evaluation of a fusion-driven thruster for interplanetary and earth-to-orbit flight
SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM - 2000 ; 2000 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)
AIP Conference Proceedings ; 504 , 1 ; 1431-1436
2000-01-19
6 pages
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Evaluation of a Fusion-Driven Thruster for Interplanetary and Earth-to-Orbit Flight
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