The major problems of interstellar flight are addressed in an integrated design of a star ship, Valkyrie. It employs a large diameter ( sup - 1 km) thin superconducting current ring to magnetically channel the reaction products from repetitive pellet explosions (either matter-antimatter or fusion) to generate thrust. The thermal intercept fraction on the star ship is very small, approx.10 sup -6 . Waste heat is radiated to space by a droplet radiator, which also protects against interstellar dust/gas. Maximum velocities in the range 10 to 20% of light speed appear possible. 3 refs., 8 figs., 2 tabs. (ERA citation 12:046642)


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    Title :

    Matter-Antimatter Propulsion System for Manned Interstellar Flight


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    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English