Modular Aneutronic Fusion Engine
Authors: Gary Pajer, Yosef Razin, Michael Paluszek, A.H. Glasser and Samuel Cohen
Abstract:
NASA's JUNO mission will arrive at Jupiter in July 2016,
after nearly five years in space. Since operational costs tend
to rise with mission time, minimizing such times becomes a
top priority. We present the conceptual design for a 10MW
aneutronic fusion engine with high exhaust velocities that
would reduce transit time for a Jupiter mission to eighteen
months and enable more challenging exploration missions
in the solar system and beyond.
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Submitted to: Proceedings Space Propulsion 2012 Conference, Bourdeaux, France (May, 2012)
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