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Boeing's take on Project Orion
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I used the terms "internal" and "external" to describe where the energetic phase of the propulsive cycle takes place. For example, in the Orion-type drive, the "propellant" is ejected through the pusher plate and detonated some distance behind the ship; this is what I would classify as an "external" reaction (whether using fission, fusion, antimatter, or even chemical explosives). With the Daedalus, Longshot, and other ICF-based drives, the "propellant" is heated and compressed by lasers/masers/etc. located within the ship's structure. The fusion reaction takes place within a "combustion chamber" that is generally also located within the ship's structure.; these types are classified as "internal." In a magnetic or electrostatic confinement fusion (MCF/ECF) drive, the energetic portion of the cycle also takes place within the ship's structure, and can also be classified as "internal."

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Boeing's take on Project Orion - by Dalex - 07-12-2015, 10:43 PM
RE: Boeings take on Project Orion - by radtech497 - 07-13-2015, 05:35 AM
RE: Boeings take on Project Orion - by Ithuriel - 07-13-2015, 08:22 PM
RE: Boeings take on Project Orion - by radtech497 - 07-14-2015, 07:07 AM
RE: Boeings take on Project Orion - by Ithuriel - 07-15-2015, 04:56 AM

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