Mirror fusion propulsion system - A performance comparison with alternate propulsion systems for the manned Mars mission

The performance characteristics of several B magnetic fieldstrength propulsion technologies applied to piloted Mars g local gravitational acceleration missions are compared.The characteristics that are G gravitational acceleration at Earth's surface compared are Initial Mass in Low Earth Orbit Isp specitic impulse (IMLEO), mission flexibility, and flight times.The PAFT power available for thrust propulsion systems being compared are both PBrem Bremsstrahhmg radiation power demonstrated and envisioned: Chemical (or PFUS total fusion power Cryogenic), Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) solid core, Pn neutron power NTR gas core, Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP), and a mirror fusion space propulsion system.The proposed Psyn synchrotron radiation power magnetic mirror fusion reactor, known as the Mirror Pc plasma transport power Fusion Propulsion System (MFPS), is described.The Q reactor energy gain description is an overview of a design study that was Z atomic number conducted to convert a mirror reactor experiment at _ angle travelled about the Sun during flight Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) into a viable space propulsion system.Design principles