The rocket with a thermonuclear engine will reduce the flight time on Mars by 50%: what is known (video)

Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! A space rocket called Sunbird is designed to stay in orbit for rapid deployment. It joins larger rockets and accelerates them to the distant worlds in the shortest possible time. Pulsar Fusion states that Sunbird can deliver a spacecraft or rocket weighing 1000-2000 kg per Mars in about four months. Sunbird acts as a space tugboat.

In the video you can see how Sunbird joins a Starship rocket from SpaceX, before running it on Mars. With the help of existing technologies, it takes 7 to 8 months to fly to Mars, so the new rocket shortens the flight time by 50%. Pulsar Fusion states that it can deliver a spacecraft weighing up to 1000 kg to Pluto, which is located at the edge of the solar system, in four years. It took almost 8 years to compare the NASA spacecraft "New Horizons".

It will take about 2 years to fly to Saturn system, according to the British company. Sunbird is driven by the Duel Direct Fusion Drive engine, which is currently in development. It is a compact thermonuclear engine that provides considerable thrust and power. That is, this engine will work on the basis of thermonuclear synthesis, when a huge amount of energy is released when the atoms are fused. The same process occurs in the bowels of the sun.

Pulsar Fusion began to develop a thermonuclear engine in 2023, and its tests should start this year. A demonstration of technology in orbit is planned for 2027. It is believed that nuclear engine rockets are at least twice as effective than the available missiles with a chemical engine, as they create more craving, and therefore allow you to get to their destination faster. Particular attention of scientists is now attracted by Mars.

NASA after the landing of astronauts per month is planned to send people to Mars in the coming years. Reducing the flight time on the red planet is of paramount importance for the health of astronauts due to the higher influence of cosmic radiation during flight. We would like to remind you that the next X-37B space aircraft has recently completed, which has performed in orbit for more than a year, performing secret experiments for the US space forces, as focus has already written.