From: nuny@bid.nes   
      
   On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 2:43:45 PM UTC-8, Mr Anderson wrote:   
   > It seems to me that this drive would need a really powerful power source,   
   > preferably something along the lines of thermonuclear reactor with MHD   
   > generator?   
      
     Yep. Any kind of "torch drive" will just to get it lit. If it produces   
   as much energy as we hope fusion will it could sustain itself while lit though.   
      
   > Where did you hear about this drive, can you give some sources on it?   
   > It looks like a top tier variation on standard VASIMR...   
      
     I basically made it up out of VASIMR, the Z-pinch machine and of course Star   
   Trek impulse drive.   
      
   > Also, I have a question to you specifically Mr. Fergerson, would you like   
   > to join a Discord server focused on hard science fiction topics?   
      
     I'm not big on joining things- I had a hard enough time doing newsgroups but   
   I'll look into Discord. Others have mentioned it.   
      
   > It was created by guy who runs ToughSF blog, and there are many great hard   
   > sf guys there! Asking because this place is pretty much dead   
      
     Yeah, it is. That's why I go into Quora.   
      
      
     Mark L. Fergerson   
      
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