Nuclear Fusion Methodologies
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Nuclear Fusion Methodologies
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 Research Cost: 50000
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| We explore harnessing nuclear fusion for power and propulsion technologies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ever since we gazed upon the burning sun in our sky, we have wondered how its light and power are created. As early as 1920, scientists theorized about the sheer endless possibilities of nuclear fusion. Now, with the countless challenges and opportunities presented by the arrival of life from outer space, it is imperative that we realize this dream of unprecedented energy. We have finally developed a concrete path to make the impossible possible: controlled nuclear fusion. By using powerful magnets and lasers, we have refined the technology to push smaller atoms together so that they fuse into heavier elements. The trick to nuclear fusion is to overcome the repelling force that prevents atoms from fusing on their own. This allows the binding nuclear force to take over and merge the atoms together. When fusing lighter atoms into heavier ones, we observe Einstein's famous law making itself once more inarguable: energy and mass merge together to create something new, while releasing excess energy. It is this burst of released energy that is key to meeting the steep power requirements of deep-space habitats, but also of our ever more demanding spaceship drives and weapons. Our scientists believe this breakthrough will help to level the playing field in the vast reaches of space. Now that the fundamentals of off-world fusion reactors have been proven possible, they predict that we shall soon see reactors running on two potent hydrogen isotopes, deuterium and tritium, but we must also master at least one of several confinement schemes to control and direct the massive energies we are creating. Once accomplished, the versatility of this energy source will surely know no bounds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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56250 | Total | 60750 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deuterium-Tritium Fusion • Tokamaks • Inertial Confinement Fusion • Z-Pinch Techniques • Electrostatic Plasma Confinement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "Our advances in science and technology can be the key to the gates of heaven, but also to the gates of hell. We must choose wisely every time, or we may never choose again." Commissioner Kiran Banerjee, The Protectorate Speech at the U.N. Science Summit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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