In reply to [email protected]'s message of Tue, 6 Mar 2012 00:01:42 -0500 (EST): Hi Frank, [snip] >Fast neutrons should be 1% of light speed, oops. I have been following the >thread To Radiate or not to Radiate and after reading Friedman's book; it >would be nice if cold fusion could be encouraged to emit fast heavy particles >in one direction. That could take probes to the nearest stars.
A possible variation on my reactor will emit fast helium atoms in one direction at 10% of light speed. Resulting in a "torch ship" (for those of you old enough to have enjoyed '50s SF ;) Torch ships are good for exploring/exploiting the Solar system, but probably not sufficient for (significant) star travel. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
