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 Originally Posted by abelardx
Will we ever have tokamaks/cold fusion so we can move into space with our own energy sources? Like in the SF book Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling?
As daviddem pointed out. There is every good reason to believe that what is called cold fusion in Sci-Fi books is based on fraudulent claims made in the late 1980's.
Originally Posted by abelardx
Did you read that?
I have not.
Originally Posted by abelardx
I really want to move into space but of course we'll need energy.
Energy in space is not a problem. The energy required to get there is the problem.
If there was a more efficient way to accelerate stuff through the Earth's atmosphere, and we could put a nuclear reactor in space, then we'd basically have as much power as we were willing to produce. The bonus is that nuclear waste is a lot safer when there's not a planet's gravity holding that waste close to humans.
If it weren't going to pollute the entire planet with radiological fallout, we could have build a space ship big enough to lift a city and truly engage in long-term space travel back in the 1960's. All you have to do is make a gigantic shock absorber/radiation shield and start setting of nuclear explosions behind it. It was called Project Orion.
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