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This unclassified Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency is dated 2 March 2010. It was produced in FY 2009 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. The report reviews work on using positrons as aerospace fuel. It covers air-breathing turbojet and ramjet engines, unmanned aircraft, missiles, single-stage reusable vehicles, positron rockets and a crewed Mars mission, along with how positrons could be produced and stored. It concludes that a first positron-powered flight around the globe could be possible within 10 years.
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2 March 2010 ICOD: 1 December 2009 DIA-08-1003-002 UNCLASSIFIED/JFOll OFFIGl,\k W6&i OPlkY Defense Intelligence Reference Document Acquisition Threat Support Positron Aerospace Propulsion UNCLASSIFIED/ JFOll OFFIGl1\k W61i 8Hl:Y
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