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Re:An Alfvenic reconnecting plasmoid thruster by ChuckMcM on Sunday July 11, 2021 @09:57PM (#27806147)
This is an interesting paper, the article is here: https://interestingengineering.com/physicist-designed-a-plas...

The short version is that using a tokamak like structure you can build a device to accelerate plasma, and with that, when you throw it out the back of your rocket, you get thrust. Really high velocity thrust, like 20kM/sec. Depending on the gas used, you could set up some pretty high thrust there.

And as a bonus you can throttle it up and down!

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