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  • Direct Fusion Drive Mission to Titan

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    Titan, a moon of Saturn, is of great interest to space scientists. Titan is the only moon with a dense atmosphere and clouds and with liquids on its surface. Universe Today reports on a masters thesis that proposes a mission using Direct Fusion Drive to put an orbiter around the moon. The thesis, “Trajectory design…

  • FISO Talk: Fusion Drive for Rapid Deep Space Propulsion

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    On May 29, 2019, Ms. Thomas gave an invited talk to the Future In-Space Operations working group on Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) for deep space propulsion. The slides and talk audio are available from FISO’s online archive here. The group hosts weekly telecon seminars to discuss upcoming technologies and their potential impact on space operations.…

    FISO Talk: Fusion Drive for Rapid Deep Space Propulsion

  • New Direct Fusion Drive video

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    Stephanie Thomas
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    Our new video about Direct Fusion Drive, filmed in the lab at PPPL

  • Fusion Power Associates Meeting

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    Michael Paluszek
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    I attended the 2017 Fusion Power Associates meeting in Washington, D.C. on December 6 and 7. Fusion Power Associates is a non-profit, tax-exempt research and educational foundation, providing timely information on the status of fusion development and other applications of plasma science and fusion research. The annual meeting brought together experts in all areas of nuclear…

  • Rendezvous with 1I/’Oumuamua

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    Michael Paluszek
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    An interstellar asteroid, 1I/’Oumuamua, was discovered on a highly hyperbolic orbit by Robert Weryk on October 19, 2017 moving with a speed of  26.32 km/s. It appears to come from the direction of the star Vega in the constellation Lyra. It would be really great to send a mission to rendezvous and fly in formation with 1I/’Oumuamua to…

  • MIT Externs at Princeton Satellite Systems

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    Michael Paluszek
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    Every year during MIT’s Independent Activities Period in January MIT students can apply for externships at alumni’s places of business. Externships last from one to four weeks. Over 300 undergraduate and graduate students participate each year. As part of the program, MIT also helps students find housing with alumni who live near the businesses sponsoring…