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    Mike Weber Goodenow
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    Does aneutronic fusion require a high-repetition long-lasting laser?

    #11091
    zapkitty
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    Mike Weber Goodenow wrote: Does aneutronic fusion require a high-repetition long-lasting laser?

    Nope. Not required.

    Can a laser be used? Possibly. NASA engineer John Chapman has proposed a laser-based pB11 thruster design but the oligarchs have banned fusion projects at NASA proper so if it can be built it’ll have to be built somewhere else…

    A thread on it here:
    https://focusfusion.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/922/

    #11101
    Mike Weber Goodenow
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    Ah. Interesting.

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