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Direct Fusion Drive For Solar System Explora6on The Problem Human and ambi6ous robo6c missions are too expensive and take too long with exis6ng propulsion systems The Solu5on Direct Fusion Drive uses a revolu6onary magne6c confinement and hea6ng system with helium3 fuel to produce a high specific power/low radia6on rocket engine AND power source. It is ideal for the 110 MW engines needed for advanced space missions. Thrust: 5100 N Isp: 500050,000 sec The Team Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory & Princeton Satellite Systems working together on propulsion since 1998 Contact: Sam Cohen [email protected] , Stephanie Thomas [email protected] PFRC2 in opera5on at PPPL LSP simula5on of magne5c nozzle −1.5 −1 −0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 Y (AU) X (AU) Earth Orbit Sun Mars Orbit tellite Systems DeltaV(km/s) = 50, Trip Time(days) = 310 Coast Trajectory Burn Trajectory Outbound Inbound DFD space freighter concept Mars trajectory
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Direct Fusion Drive For Solar System Explora6on
The Problem Human and ambi6ous robo6c missions are too expensive and take too long with exis6ng propulsion systems
The Solu5on Direct Fusion Drive uses a revolu6onary magne6c confinement and hea6ng system with helium-‐3 fuel to produce a high specific power/low radia6on rocket engine AND power source. It is ideal for the 1-‐10 MW engines needed for advanced space missions. Thrust: 5-‐100 N � Isp: 5000-‐50,000 sec
The Team Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory & Princeton Satellite Systems -‐ working together on propulsion since 1998
Contact: Sam Cohen [email protected], Stephanie Thomas [email protected]
PFRC-‐2 in opera5on at PPPL LSP simula5on of magne5c nozzle
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Princeton Satellite Systems
DeltaV(km/s) = 50, Trip Time(days) = 310
Coast TrajectoryBurn Trajectory
Outbound
Inbound
DFD space freighter concept Mars trajectory
