Scientists developing pulsed nuclear fusion system for distant missions

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 08:31 in Physics & Chemistry

(Phys.org) -- The ticket to Mars and beyond may be a series of nuclear slapshots that use magnetic pulses to slam nuclei into each other inside hockey pucks made of a special, lightweight salt.

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