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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: *** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP ***
- Message-ID: <C0K2J0.740@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:01:44 GMT
- References: <C0Jv2M.74z.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <C0Jv2M.74z.1@cs.cmu.edu> rcs@cs.arizona.edu (Richard Schroeppel) writes:
- >Since fusing protons is so hard, why not use deuterons? ...
- >Perhaps the ramscoop collector could selectively enrich d,
- >by selecting for atoms having a magnetic moment.
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- Deuterium fusion is certainly a whole lot more practical than proton
- fusion. Unfortunately, there *probably* isn't enough deuterium in the
- local interstellar medium to make this work well.
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