A company's nuclear fusion rockets could help us escape the Solar System in our lifetime

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The space firm has already built the most powerful electric propulsion engine in Europe. It aims to build a nuclear fusion rocket prototype by 2025.

has been awarded funding from the UK Space Agency to help it develop "integrated nuclear fission-based power systems for electric propulsion", a press statement shared with IE via email reveals.

In the company's press release, Pulsar Fusion says, "while nuclear fusion may be the answer to the energy crisis it is also the answer to in-orbit satellite management, in addition to deep space exploration. [Pulsar] believes the only way the human race can ever leave the solar system in a lifetime is with fusion propulsion."for energy production on Earth, but they're not quite there yet.

The company conducted a series of successful tests on its engine last November at the Cranfield Ordnance Test and Evaluation Centre , a UK Ministry of Defence military base in Salisbury, Wilts. Before that, it also successfully carried out an international demonstration for space clients in Switzerland.

"Combining this part of our propulsion portfolio with nuclear fission reactor technology is perfectly suited to the company’s skillsets and I am delighted that this has been recognized by the UKSA. The project will help us to build relationships and gather important data that will contribute towards our longer-term ambitions for nuclear fusion propulsion."

 

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