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|    David Ellis to All    |
|    Re: Potential torch drives    |
|    27 Nov 18 10:15:53    |
      From: daellis94@gmail.com              You're correct about the magnets, but none of the other elements there are       necessary for fusion-based drives. They are not mysteries in the realm of       physics. The only barrier is one of engineering. In other words, one needs       materials more resistant to        high thermal and tensile stresses, fluids capable of managing extremely high       thermal flux to effectively cool the components of a fusion rocket, and       magnetic containment designs that are more efficient and more effective at       preventing leakage of high-       energy particles, as well as other things.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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