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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.
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UNCLASSIFIED//5O9 OFFICIO I l!SF ONI ¥ 4. Crossfire Fusor The Crossfire Fusor is as example of an inertial electrostatic confinement fusion (IEC) concept device combined with magnetic confinement. It was developed and patented by Dr. Moacir Ferreira (http://www.crossfirefusion.com). He has expanded his work to include the development of an electrodynamic space thruster, also based on the Farnsworth-Hirsh Fusor. This design uses aneutronic fusion along with superconducting electromagnets to help confine the ion plasma. An electron gun and an electric field are used to capture energy from the ions generated by fusion and to convert the resulting power into electricity. The use of the superconducting electromagnets eliminates the need for spherical electrodes. Hydrogen combined with Li-6, He-3, or B-11 would serve as the fusion fuel. This aneutronic concept device would theoretically allow interstellar travel to Alpha Centauri to take only 3 years. 24 UNCLASSIFIED//COP OFFICIO I 1155 0111 ¥
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