Torulf wrote: Here is a new render. A single stage to orbit (SSTO) reusable vehicle.
Its using the dense plasma focus (DPF), and air breathing MHD engines
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg111/Torulf2/Space-DPF1.jpg
More to read here.
http://pdf.aiaa.org/preview/CDReadyMHYP06_1276/PV2006_8100.pdf
http://www.americanantigravity.com/articles/414/1/A-Dense-Plasma-Focus-Fusion-System/Page1.html
Astonishing! But it seems the DPF figures are for the larger clumsier versions of DPF; FF would require much less ignition a power and have even less mass, it seems to me.