Spaceflight 🚀<p>A <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DirectFusionDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectFusionDrive</span></a>* could propel a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> to <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> 🔴 in two months. For comparison, it took <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s Perseverance rover about seven months to reach the Red Planet. <a href="https://payloadspace.com/helicity-raises-5m-for-in-space-fusion-propulsion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">payloadspace.com/helicity-rais</span><span class="invisible">es-5m-for-in-space-fusion-propulsion/</span></a></p><p>Exhaust speeds are calculated to be roughly one-thousand times that of a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HallEffectThruster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HallEffectThruster</span></a> <a href="https://www.space.com/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-spacetravel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/nuclear-fusion-break</span><span class="invisible">through-spacetravel</span></a></p><p>📆 August 7, 2023 fusion ignition 💥 breakthrough <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-scientists-repeat-fusion-power-breakthrough-ft-2023-08-06/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/energy/us</span><span class="invisible">-scientists-repeat-fusion-power-breakthrough-ft-2023-08-06/</span></a></p><p>* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Fusion_Drive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_F</span><span class="invisible">usion_Drive</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NuclearFusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFusion</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SpacecraftPropulsion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpacecraftPropulsion</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HelicitySpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelicitySpace</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/PulsarFusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PulsarFusion</span></a></p>