RocketStar Inc. has announced the first successful demonstration of their nuclear fusion-enhanced pulsed plasma FireStar™ Drive. The potentially groundbreaking device upgrades the company’s base water-fueled pulsed plasma thruster by injecting particles into the drive’s exhaust plume, resulting in a fusion reaction that dramatically increases the base drive’s power output.
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the drive not only created the telltale ionizing radiation of the fusion reaction but also improved the base unit’s thrust by 50%.
I wonder whether 50% would be worth the added mass of the fusion enhancement.
I also read the news few days ago, but the total lack of technical data makes it pretty meaningless.
They said that they will integrate it in some satellites due to lunch in July and October, so I guess we will have to wait until some real data will leak out from those tests, hoping that we will not see another scenario like IVO's Berry-1......