bussard thought gain was = to 40 in 1993?

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Jeff Peachman
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bussard thought gain was = to 40 in 1993?

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I'm here at work killing time and I felt like reading some articles off askmar. I just noticed something from the article "The QED Engine: Fusion-Electric Propulsion for Cis-Oort/Quasi-Interstellar Flight", written back in 1993.

On page 5, he writes: "Typically, the DCS system here will convert about .024 of the total fusion power to drive the fusion system, itself."

According to my math, that's a gain of .976/.024=40.66.

Seems quite high. Is he neglecting losses? Or is the publication really out of date?
- Jeff Peachman

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