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Fusion and the Future of Space

NOVA Now by GBH

Oct 6, 202628:01Science & Medicine

Dennis Whyte has designed a fusion reactor for Mars, and it turns out the red planet has plenty of fusion fuel. The MIT nuclear scientist joins Hakeem to explore fusion's wildest applications: spacecraft propulsion, spac...

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