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vansig
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zapkitty wrote:
A wild-ass guess says that we’re looking at 400 MW or more in excess of primary power needs to enable a switch to jet-style propulsion.

that’s just 80 anodes, tessellating a spherical shell, cooled by 160 kg/s of helium in a closed cycle. hardly any challenge, at all 🙂