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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion(1)

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document, dated 1 November 2010, was produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency under its Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It surveys propulsion technologies that include chemical, ion, and nuclear fission rockets, fusion schemes, aneutronic fusion, and antimatter propulsion. It also covers radiation shielding and speculates on research needs over the next 30 years for missions from low Earth orbit to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Alpha Centauri. The document concludes that aneutronic fusion promises to be an important mechanism for future space propulsion.

  • p. 4 …25 Surface to Low-Earth Orbit (100 miles) ........................................................... 26 LEO to Mars (34 to 249 million…
  • p. 7 …Up to now, chemical rockets have been used to reach low-Earth orbit, the Moon, and…
  • p. 33 …For example, flight from the surface to low-Earth orbit requires considerable energy to break free…
  • p. 34 …surface to LEO (low-Earth orbit); LEO to Mars; LEO to Saturn; and LEO to Alpha…
  • p. 35 …The shuttle requires expendable rockets to attain orbit. Several efforts are underway to manufacture aircraft that…
  • p. 36 …low, and most designs for human flight focus on a continuous acceleration of 1 g (Earth…
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Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion
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