Jon PENNYCOOK<p>As long as you're happy waiting 50 years before the journey time is cut by half (I'm sceptical)</p><p>'Startup Says Its Nuclear Fusion Rocket Could Cut Time to Mars in Half'</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/nuclear-fusion-rocket-cut-time-mars-half" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/nuclear-fusion-ro</span><span class="invisible">cket-cut-time-mars-half</span></a></p><p>'The firm is hoping to achieve fusion in orbit for the first time in 2027, a moonshot plan that could put far-flung destinations in our solar system within much easier reach — if everything goes perfectly according to plan, at least.'</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fusion</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NuclearFusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFusion</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>