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#Sunbird
@60sRefugee The Sunbird engines use #helium3. #PulsarFusion’s design is in the third phase of its development, with the ambitious aim of testing #Sunbird technology in-orbit in 
2027. Sunbirds shall be permanently stationed in low-Earth orbit, where they would attach to spacecraft leaving our atmosphere and propel them at unprecedented speeds toward far-off destinations, such as Mars https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fusion-rockets-could-theoretically-cut-our-travel-time-to-mars-in-half-this-uk-startup-wants-to-give-it-a-try-180986455
#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
Feeling semi proud that I got the idea of placing the old nest in the bush where the current sunbirds couple likes to hang out. Seeing them peck at the old nest and fly the bits that they have from it to the new nest is really satisfying 
