The next big thing in space propulsion?:   
      
   "Our solar system just became a little bit smaller due to a new plasma   
   propulsion    
   concept developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Principal Research   
   Physicist,    
   Dr. Fatima Ebrahimi. Her new engine uses plasmoids and magnetic fields to   
   generate    
   thrust, making crewed missions to distant planets, such as Mars, significantly    
   more manageable and less costly."   
      
      
   "“The idea for this thruster comes from my simulations of helicity injection   
   in    
   the [National Spherical Torus Experiment] NSTX fusion experiment in Princeton,   
   a    
   technique used to create the initial plasma current in a Tokamak [fusion   
   reactor].    
   My simulations showed these plasma rings called plasmoids are being created   
   and    
   moving at very high speed,” Dr. Ebrahimi explained.    
      
   According to computer simulations run by the Princeton Plasma Physics   
   Laboratory    
   and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at the Lawrence    
   Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, her thruster concept    
   produced exhaust velocities that are ten times greater than a traditional ion    
   propulsion system with heart-stopping speeds at hundreds of kilometers per    
   second."   
      
   See:   
      
   https://thedebrief.org/fusionpropulsion/   
      
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