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A fusion rocket designed to travel 500,000 mph is under construction (bigthink.com)
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Using nuclear fusion, Pulsar's rocket could dramatically increase travel speeds, aiming for tests by 2025 and fusion temperatures by 2027.

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[–] btaf45@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

500,000 mph is 800,000 kilometers/hour or 800 megameters/hour. So it could reach the moon (384 megameters) in under 30 minutes. It could reach Mars in 68 hours or less than 3 days when Mars is closest to Earth (54600 megameters).