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)
Matter-Antimatter Propulsion System for Manned Interstellar Flight
1987
10 pages
Report
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English
Antimatter rockets and interstellar propulsion
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