How will Fusion Engines Transform Space Exploration? | #2 | Rockets & Coffee: Space Bytes

Welcome to Space Bytes, the exciting spin-off of Rockets & Coffee, where Richard Dinan and Sophie break down complex space concepts into "byte-sized" chunks!

In this episode, we explore the innovative world of fusion engines, one of the most promising technologies for the future of space travel!

We'll break down how fusion engines work and examine the mechanics of fusion propulsion. Additionally, we’ll explore the numerous benefits of fusion technology over traditional propulsion methods, such as enhanced speed and greater efficiency.

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[jwatkins]

Interesting fantasy talk. Quantum entanglement communication to send people across vast distances. Well, once you've first traversed them to put the receiver on the other end.
If there is a solution to the warp drive problem I'd bet it would be solved before any QE solution using current spaceflight tech, nuclear or otherwise, would set up between Earth and another habitable exoplanet or exomoon.
But it's fun conversation, regardless.

[nna]

the answer may be simpler.. it's changing the channel..

[norbertfeurle]

Rockets exhaust in the form of long living particles to travel to mars are clearly not the right approach, consider that one day there are +10K ships travelling to mars in parrallel and each one has to avoid the rocket exhaust streams of the previous ship that is comming at them at 5% the speed of light or so, burning holes in the ship everywhere. I mean its kind of clear that we have do this mass transfer with very short lived particles which are gone after 100m of the ship exhaust, or probably even shorter like a mikro meter after the ship engine. The good thing is there are allready prototype drives which can drive on the virtual particles of the space field, using magnetic fields, or electric fields.