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APR 15, 2015 6:08 AM PDT

A Solar Powered Fusion Spaceship

WRITTEN BY: Andrew J. Dunlop
A possible configuration of a fusion powered spacecraft

A fusion powered ship could drastically cut the amount of time astronauts would be exposed to radiation and weightlessness. It would be powered by huge solar arrays.
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Andrew J. Dunlop
Bachelor's (BA/BS/Other)
Andrew J. Dunlop lives and writes in a little town near Boston. He's interested in space, the Earth, and the way that humans and other species live on it.
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