SUPERFAST TRAVEL TO MARS
New propulsion systems may blast astronauts through space at very high speeds, making manned mars mission much faster. electric propulsion systems driven by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion would make these travels dramatically short.....well not like STARTREK!! but it would make the mission about 210 days long-83 days for the flight out and a 30 day stay on mars and a 97 day journey back to earth, This type of propulsion system could be powered by nuclear fusion. In this engine bubbles of plasma-made from deuterium and tritium, "heavy" isotopes of hydrogen-would be injected into a chamber where a magnetic field would collapse the metal ring around them. This would briefly compress bubbles into a fusion state, releasing energy that would vaporize and ionize the metal. The nozzle would then be accelerated out of the spacecraft through a nozzle creating thrust. in case you had a lot of trouble trying to understand the words here are the definitions.....
Plasma-It is a state of matter which consists of super charged and super energetic particles. Plasma can be created by subjecting a gas to extreme heat or an electromagnetic field. This cause the electrons to gain enough energy to break free from their bonds, but travel with their nucleus.
Isotopes-They are versions of chemical elements that have a different number number of neutrons in the nucleus but have the same no of protons.
Magnetic field-It is the magnetic effect of electrical currents and magnetic materials
Fusion-A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nuclei of low atomic number fuse to form a heavier nucleus with release of energy..This is the same way that the sun gives out its own light.
Ionization-It is the process by which an atom gets a positive or negative charge by loosing or gaining electrons to form ions.
However there are many other propulsion systems that are being tested and are more powerful than this.......This is still one of the fastest propulsion systems.
Source-www.space.com
New propulsion systems may blast astronauts through space at very high speeds, making manned mars mission much faster. electric propulsion systems driven by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion would make these travels dramatically short.....well not like STARTREK!! but it would make the mission about 210 days long-83 days for the flight out and a 30 day stay on mars and a 97 day journey back to earth, This type of propulsion system could be powered by nuclear fusion. In this engine bubbles of plasma-made from deuterium and tritium, "heavy" isotopes of hydrogen-would be injected into a chamber where a magnetic field would collapse the metal ring around them. This would briefly compress bubbles into a fusion state, releasing energy that would vaporize and ionize the metal. The nozzle would then be accelerated out of the spacecraft through a nozzle creating thrust. in case you had a lot of trouble trying to understand the words here are the definitions.....
Plasma-It is a state of matter which consists of super charged and super energetic particles. Plasma can be created by subjecting a gas to extreme heat or an electromagnetic field. This cause the electrons to gain enough energy to break free from their bonds, but travel with their nucleus.
Isotopes-They are versions of chemical elements that have a different number number of neutrons in the nucleus but have the same no of protons.
Magnetic field-It is the magnetic effect of electrical currents and magnetic materials
Fusion-A nuclear reaction in which an atomic nuclei of low atomic number fuse to form a heavier nucleus with release of energy..This is the same way that the sun gives out its own light.
Ionization-It is the process by which an atom gets a positive or negative charge by loosing or gaining electrons to form ions.
However there are many other propulsion systems that are being tested and are more powerful than this.......This is still one of the fastest propulsion systems.
Source-www.space.com
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