Projectile-driven

A physical projectile accelerated to extreme velocity compresses the fuel on impact. The main open problem is achieving symmetric compression from one, or a few, points of impact, where laser and heavy-ion approaches can spread the drive over many beams.

Organisations and devices by approach: Projectile-driven on the technology page

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approach:projectile-driven

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Technology approaches

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