A micro-fusion powered spacecraft makes use of ambient cosmic rays and muons generated therefrom to provide micro-fusion propulsion. The craft has a centrally located internal reaction chamber with an upper dome and tapering to a bottom exhaust opening. The chamber is radially surrounded by the main body of the craft. Ports from a fuel supply in the main body inject a deuterium-containing micro-fusion fuel material as a dispersed cloud into the chamber. Ambient cosmic rays and muons penetrate the upper dome into the chamber and interact with the fuel to produce energetic reaction products. Some of the reaction products exit the chamber through the exhaust opening to provide reaction thrust, while other reaction products interact with the dome of the chamber to directly apply a thrusting force. The exhaust system has a set electrostatic plates that deflect reaction products to steer the reaction thrust. A coil electromagnet around the chamber steers and confines both the incoming charged muons and reaction products created within the chamber.


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    Title :

    STEERING MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR MICRO-FUSION-POWERED AIR AND SPACE CRAFT


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    Publication date :

    2020-10-08


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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