Direct Fusion Drive
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Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) is a conceptual, low radioactivity, nuclear-fusion rocket engine, designed to produce both thrust and electric power for interplanetary spacecraft. The concept is based on the Princeton field-reversed configuration reactor, invented in 2002 by Samuel A. Cohen, and is being modeled and experimentally tested at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy facility. It is also modeled and evaluated by Princeton Satellite Systems (PSS).[1][2] As of 2018, the concept entered Phase II, a simulation phase.[3]
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