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Physicist’s fusion rocket idea may unlock long-distance space travel – Metro.co.uk
Space travel just got a big boost

An artists impression of a fusion propulsion device (ITER)
Dr. Fatima Ebrahimi, a physicist working at the US Department of Energy has invented a new kind of rocket thruster that could power deep space exploration.
Dr. Ebrahimi works at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and came up with a design that uses a magnetic field to shoot plasma particles into space.
By using a magnetic field, pilots could tailor the amount of thrust depending on the mission and destination of the spacecraft.
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