This is my attempt at a Pulsed-Fusion Rocket Engine. It works by repeatedly iterating through three stages.
In the first stage, reactants are injected into the fusion chamber. For the purposes of this article, equal portions of Deuterium (H2) and Tritium (H3), two isotopes of Hydrogen, are used.
In the second stage, the fuel mixture is condensed using high-powered electromagnets, to a particle density required for fusion to occur. A magnetically permeable internal heat shield prevents the mixture from damaging the rest of the engine.
In the third stage, fusion occurs, and the entire mixture is of sufficient outward force to escape the exhaust port, being jettisoned out of the rocket engine, and propelling the entire craft forward.
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