#Space 
is a far more logical, sensible place to do #fusion, because that’s where it wants to happen anyway. In 
2027, we’re going to send a small part of #Sunbird in #orbit. The first #functional Sunbird will be ready four to five years later. Sunbird could deliver #cargo to #Mars 
in under six months https://edition.cnn.com/science/nuclear-powered-rocket-pulsar-space-spc/index.html
In an #electrospray thruster, charged particles are pulled directly out of a liquid propellant using a strong electric field and accelerated using charged #electrodes https://spacepropulsion.mit.edu/electric-propulsion
The #3Dprinted prototype was able to generate thrust more #efficiently than larger, more expensive #chemical rockets and outperformed existing droplet #electrospray engines. It can be produced rapidly and for a fraction of the #cost 
of traditional thrusters and even be fully made in #orbit https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineers-develop-fully-3d-printed-electrospray-engine-0212
rockets can beat