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Bussard ramjet ver 3 by tessarion

tessarion
tessarion
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3rd Dec 2020
11th Dec 2020
Hypothetical starship design, that harvests hydrogen from the interstellar medium to use as fuel for a fusion engine

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  • tessarion
    tessarion     10th Dec 2020
    also, I should note this is still in work in progress--I'm pretty sure I published it on accident
  • tessarion
    tessarion     10th Dec 2020
    @nondescript--yeah, I basically used ACEL as the closest I could get to magnetic fields, since that isn't implemented yet
  • Nondescript
    Nondescript     3rd Dec 2020
    Another issue is, the actual Bussard ramjet concept is somewhat discredited, due to hydrogen composition of the interstellar medium being lower than that required for the Bussard ramjet to function accordingly. One solution to this, and a solution I think which should have been mentioned in this piece, is a pre-seeded trajectory, using canisters launched into space to create a hydrogen rich trajectory for the ramjet to follow. Nevertheless, a +1 for effort.
  • Nondescript
    Nondescript     3rd Dec 2020
    Well made, but inaccurate. The actual Bussard ramjet is proposed to use electromagnetic fields as a ram scoop to compress and feed the hydrogen into the reaction chamber.
  • 8zs8a
    8zs8a     3rd Dec 2020
    nice +1