[ExI] Use Fusion Drive To Get To Proxima Centauri

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How To Use Fusion To Get To Proxima Centauri's Potentially Habitable Exoplanet
By Andy Tomaswick - July 6, 2025

<https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-to-use-fusion-to-get-to-proxima-centauris-potentially-habitable-exoplanet>
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That was the thought behind the Master’s Thesis of Amelie Lutz at
Virginia Tech - she looked at the possibility of using fusion
propulsion systems to send a few hundred kilogram probe to the system,
and potentially even orbit it.
The winning solution, according to her thesis, is a fusion driven
rocket (FDR) configuration using D-He3 as a fuel source. By her
calculations, such a system could arrive in the Proxima Centauri
system and begin orbiting its target planet in around 57 years.
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This is all speculation, of course, as a fusion drive hasn't been invented yet.
But it could happen in a possible future.
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