if the output power is less than the propulsion input power, how nuclear fusion can be used in fusion space propulsion.
Many years ago a friend sent me a copy of Pons and Fleischmann's "research" on "cold fusion" *before* it was published. I took one look at it and observed that palladium is notoriously contaminated with trace radioactive elements, noting that some spark plugs with gold-palladium electrodes (e.g., NGK's) will register on a Geiger counter. Their claim was absurd. In spite of this, countless millions of dollars have been squandered chasing a phantom. When you get fusion propulsion working, please send me the data. I promise to give it a fair evaluation.
We designed a fusion reactor that uses a plasma thruster to inject the plasma before compression. we calculated a propulsion force of 700 newtons.
Actually Pulsotron-3 recovers 88% of the electricity and can do the job:
https://www.researchgate.net/project/PULSOTRON-500k-SE-500KeV-THERMONUCLEAR-FUSION-REACTOR/update/5f514b35ce377e0001709b33
Here is the technical information:
https://pulsotron.com/progress
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