Re: RE: starship-design: Plasma Engine (VASIMR)

[KellySt@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/31/98 8:42:54 PM, lparker@cacaphony.net wrote:

>Kelly,
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>> These sound good, but how do they expect to generate the power to run
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>> > > huge
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>> reactor or something.
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>Well, I'll admit that 40kW is a lot of power, but it is possible, even with
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>current technology.
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>Lee

Thats not what I ment.  To generate the power, you need fuel, lots of it.  The
fuel weighht is what drage all this stuff down.

Kelly