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'Higher Pregnancy Rate for the Unvaccinated' Compared to COVID-19 Jabbed in IVF Study:
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The 'Deep State' Is Far Deeper Than Anyone Imagined
$300,000 robotic micro-factories pump out custom-designed homes
$300,000 robotic micro-factories pump out custom-designed homes
Skynet Has Arrived: Google Follows Apple, Activates Worldwide Bluetooth LE Mesh Network
The Car Fueled Entirely by the Sun Takes Huge Step Towards Production
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Doodle to reality: World's 1st nuclear fusion-powered electric propulsion drive
A nuclear fission fragment rocket engine (FFRE) that is exponentially more propellent efficient than rocket engines currently used to power today's space vehicles and could eventually achieve very high specific impulse (>100,000 sec) at high power density (>kW/kg). A new NASA NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) project is creating a buildable near term design for a nuclear fission fragment rocket. It would enable manned mission to Mars with 90 day travel times. The fission fragment system would give experience in a technology which could eventually enable interstellar rockets with speeds of 10% of the speed of light.
Current proposed designs for Fission Fragment Rocket Engines are prohibitively massive, have significant thermal constraints, or require implementing complex designs, such as dusty plasma levitation, which limits the near-term viability. Researchers propose to develop a small prototype low-density nuclear reactor core and convert the nuclear energy stored in a fissile material into a high velocity rocket exhaust and electrical power for spacecraft payloads.
The key improvements over previous concepts are:
1. Embed the fissile fuel particles in an ultra-low density aerogel matrix to achieve a critical mass assembly
2. Utilize recent breakthroughs in high field, high temperature superconducting magnets to constrain fission fragment trajectories between moderator elements to minimize reactor mass.