Study: 1960 ramjet design for interstellar travel—a sci-fi staple—is unfeasible

Ars Technica
By Jennifer OuelletteJan 6, 2022, 6:59 pm206 pts
Enlarge / Artist's impression of the Ramjet propulsion system proposed in 1960 by physicist Robert W. Bussard (credit: NASA) In Poul Anderson's 1970 novel Tau Zero, a starship crew seeks to travel to the star Beta Virginis in hopes of colonizing a new planet. The ship's mode of propulsion was a so-called…

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