{"id":2721,"date":"2013-06-10T17:45:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T17:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2013-06-10T18:10:19","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:10:19","slug":"update-on-univ-washington-fusion-propulsion-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2721","title":{"rendered":"Update on Univ. Washington fusion propulsion project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update on the nuclear fusion propulsion system that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aa.washington.edu\/faculty\/slough\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">John Slough<\/a> and his team at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aa.washington.edu\/research\/plasmaDynamics\/\" target=\"_d\">University of Washington&#8217;s Plasma Dynamics Lab<\/a> is developing: <a href=\"http:\/\/dailyfusion.net\/2013\/04\/scientists-testing-nuclear-fusion-powered-rocket-engine-5042\/#\" target=\"_d\">Scientists Testing Nuclear Fusion-Powered Rocket Engine &#8211; The Daily Fusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See also the descriptions of the project funded by the\u00a0 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/niac\/2012_phaseII_fellows_slough.html\" target=\"_d\">The Fusion Driven Rocket: Nuclear Propulsion through Direct Conversion of Fusion Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/niac\/slough_nuclear_propulsion.html\" target=\"_d\">Nuclear Propulsion Through Direct Conversion of Fusion Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/pdf\/716077main_Slough_2011_PhI_Fusion_Rocket.pdf\">Phase I Final Report (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>The overall FDR [Fusion Driven Rocket] system ranges from relative high TRL [Technical Readiness Level] components (such as the FRC [Field Reverse Configuration] formation system) down to very low TRL components (such as the fusion compression chamber). The lower TRL components have been the focus of the NIAC phase I effort and will be developed to higher TRL throughout the phase II of this project. A Concept Validation Experiment will be conducted during the phase II effort with the possibility of demonstrating fusion gain if successful. It is expected at this point that NASA will have a strong interest in fully developing this system, and integrating it into their future space flight planning. With adequate resources a subscale ground demonstration could be realized as soon as 2017 and an in-space demonstration mission as early as 2023.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/590484main_slough_full1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2722\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=2722\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/590484main_slough_full1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"432,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"590484main_slough_full[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/590484main_slough_full1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2722\" alt=\"590484main_slough_full[1]\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/590484main_slough_full1.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/590484main_slough_full1.jpg 432w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/590484main_slough_full1-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update on the nuclear fusion propulsion system that John Slough and his team at the University of Washington&#8217;s Plasma Dynamics Lab is developing: Scientists Testing Nuclear Fusion-Powered Rocket Engine &#8211; The Daily Fusion. See also the descriptions of the project funded by the\u00a0 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program: The Fusion Driven Rocket: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2721\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Update on Univ. Washington fusion propulsion project<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-HT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1516,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1516","url_meta":{"origin":2721,"position":0},"title":"Fusion Driven Rocket &#8211; NIAC funded project at Univ. of Washington","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"John. 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