andrewmdodson wrote: This is the basis of what we will need to get around the solar system in a reasonable time frame. Good stuff!

In a nutshell, you accelerate the ions which are the product of fissioning of nuclear fuels. The nuclear fuel is maintained in a confined dusty plasma while it reacts.

Nope 🙂

… the document you attached is a actually a basic history of the old solid-core fission rockets.

No dusty plasma fission and no fusion.