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Subject: Re: Crunch time for Big Fusion?
Date: Oct 16, 10:20 am
Poster: BF

On Oct 16, 10:20 am, BF wrote:

The only other Gov't funded program
with just as bad a track record is NASA.
We have yet to see a low cost space
launcher.

>A 2 megawatt fission reactor minus shielding and power takeoff assemblies can be made the size of a large desk. Fusion systems should follow this model.

I thought you would have a heat problem
with something that small.

I think more work needs to be done with
neutron induced fission with materals with
small half/lives.Also a better way of producing
anti-matter for anti-matter fission/fusion
powered space craft.

>
>Richard Hull