Monthly Archives: December 2009

Deuterium fusion Starships III

Friedwardt Winterberg’s fusion pulse driven space vehicles initiate fusion by injecting a rapid jolt of energy into the fusion target causing an implosion to high density fast enough that the fuel fuses before being blown apart. A mere 10 MJ … Continue reading

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What Knocked Uranus over?

The early Solar System was seemingly a violent place. Most versions of its formation involve massive collisions between near-planet sized objects – Mercury’s mantle was stripped by a collision, Venus’s rotation was stilled by a collision, Mars had a hemisphere … Continue reading

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