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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Nuclear Fusion Pulse Propulsion Systems -- available literature
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Date: Sat, 18-Oct-86 22:10:45 EDT
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> ...  Word has it that the
> Nova, Novette inertial confinement scheme at Larry Labs is a loser and
> only good for bomb work.  It'll never be useful for producing electrical
> power or propelling a spacecraft.

Laser fusion has never looked particularly good for propelling spacecraft;
lasers are too inefficient and too heavy.  This is why the Daedalus study
picked electron-beam fusion instead.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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