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[NIAC 2023] Fusion Reactor To Melt Through Europa's Ice

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In this interview, I'm talking with Theresa Benyo and Lawrence Forsley from NASA. They are authors of a Lattice Confinement Fusion Reactor that got a NIAC award this year. A reactor like this could help us melt through the ice on Europa and Enceladus and have other interesting applications in space missions.

The extended version also includes additional questions from Matt Williams:

https://youtu.be/decKMi2FBxk

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👉 More about the NIAC project; https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Accessing_Icy_World_Oceans/

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:30 How tough is Europa's ice
  • 04:31 Lattice confinement fusion
  • 14:43 How the probe will look like
  • 22:54 What's next for the NIAC project
  • 25:57 Other applications for the reactor
  • 31:55 Where's the upper limit for the project
  • 37:15 Going interstellar
  • 41:10 Behind the scenes and additional questions

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