Better Accelerators to Produce Kilograms of Isotopes for Fast Space Propulsion
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6ZCGR)
There is technology being perfected to make particle accelerators 100-1000 times lower cost. This would enable production of nuclear material for space propulsion that could reach up to 0.5% of light speed or more. Scientists at DESY now report some of the first signs that PWA (Plasma Wakefield Accelerators) is ready to compete with traditional ...