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[NIAC 2023] Fusion Reactor To Melt Through Europa's Ice
42 minutes Posted Mar 30, 2023 at 9:30 pm.
Intro
How tough is Europa's ice
Lattice confinement fusion
How the probe will look like
What's next for the NIAC project
Other applications for the reactor
Where's the upper limit for the project
Going interstellar
Behind the scenes and additional questions
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In this interview, I'm talking with Theresa Benyo and Lawrence Forsley from NASA. They are authors of a Lattice Confinement Fusion Reactor that got a NIAC award this year. A reactor like this could help us melt through the ice on Europa and Enceladus and have other interesting applications in space missions.
The extended version also includes additional questions from Matt Williams:
https://youtu.be/decKMi2FBxk
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👉 More about the NIAC project; https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Accessing_Icy_World_Oceans/
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