#Space is a far more logical, sensible place to do #fusion, because that’s where it wants to happen anyway. In 2027, we’re going to send a small part of #Sunbird in #orbit. The first #functional Sunbird will be ready four to five years later. Sunbird could deliver #cargo to #Mars in under six months https://edition.cnn.com/science/nuclear-powered-rocket-pulsar-space-spc/index.html

A #DirectFusionDrive* could propel a #spacecraft to #Mars in two months. For comparison, it took #NASA’s Perseverance rover about seven months to reach the Red Planet. https://payloadspace.com/helicity-raises-5m-for-in-space-fusion-propulsion/

Exhaust speeds are calculated to be roughly one-thousand times that of a #HallEffectThruster https://www.space.com/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-spacetravel

August 7, 2023 fusion ignition breakthrough https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-scientists-repeat-fusion-power-breakthrough-ft-2023-08-06/

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Fusion_Drive