U.S. Military to Send Fusion Reactor Into Space Within Five Years
Ed Browne - 5h ago
The U.S. government wants to send a tiny nuclear fusion reactor into space, and it has partnered with a private company to get a prototype operational by 2027.
A stock illustration depicts a spacecraft with an ion thruster. Such electrically-powered spacecraft could be enabled by nuclear reactors.
Nuclear fusion is an area of physics that scientists have pored over for years as it promises to provide one of the cleanest and most efficient forms of energy possible. Nuclear fusion is when two atomic nuclei merge into one single heavier nucleus, converting some mass into energy.
It's the same process that powers the sun, where hydrogen atoms are forced together under enormous heat and pressure to form helium.
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