AAWSAP DIRD, Advanced Nuclear Propulsion for Manned Deep Space Missions, March 2010

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Figures
Figure 1. Ignition With 107-Ampere GeV Proton Beam ......................................... 11
Figure 13. The Superconducting Toroidal Capacitor and Its Discharge Onto the
Figure 15. With Increasing Pressure, Electron-Bridges are Formed Between
Figure 2. Pure Deuterium Fusion Explosion Ignited With an Intense Ion Beam ... 14
Figure 3. Screening of the Spacecraft................................................................... 14
Figure 4. Superconducting "Atomic" Spaceship.................................................... 15
Figure 5. Argon Ion Laser Igniter......................................................................... 17
Figure 6. Autocatalytic Thermonuclear Detonation Using a Soft X-ray ................. 18
Figure 7. Ordinary Marx Generator....................................................................... 21
Figure 8. Super Marx Generator ........................................................................... 21
Figure 9. Artist's Conception of a 1.5-km-Long Super Marx Generator ................. 21
Figure 10. Detail View of a Section of the Super Marx Generator ......................... 22
Figure 11. Injection of GeV - 10 MA Proton Beam ................................................ 22
Figure 12. Showing a Few Elements of the Super Marx Generator ....................... 22
Target.................................................................................................. 24
Figure 14. Explosives ........................................................................................... 26
Shells Inside Shells Melting Into Common Shells ................................ 26
Figure 16. p-d, Pressure ....................................................................................... 29
Figure 17. Inertial Confinement Fast-Ignition Configuration ................................ 30
Tables
Table 1. The Charged Fusion Products of a Detonation in Deuterium: Their
Energy and Velocity .................................................................................. 5
Table 2. Critical Ignition Currents for Thermonuclear Reactions ............................ 8
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