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From: mmm@iconsys.UUCP (Mark Muhlestein)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Solid State Fusion for Launchers
Message-ID: <351@iconsys.UUCP>
Date: 2 Apr 89 17:38:16 GMT
References: <1989Mar31.163051.5961@cs.rochester.edu> <1989Apr1.224916.22484@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: mmm@iconsys.UUCP (Mark Muhlestein)
Organization: ICON International, Inc., Orem, UT
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[ mention is made of use of fusion energy for launch ]

Could someone comment on the use of cheap energy to power some kind
of laser launch system?  I remember reading somewhere about a design
in which argon gas in the launch vehicle was heated by a (very large)
ground-based laser system.

Maybe some of the SDIO research may yet come in handy!


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	Mark Muhlestein @ Icon International Inc.

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