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Originally Posted by Gardamorg
Bussard Ramjet is the fastest, therefore it has my unconditional, unchangeable vote.
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The main problems with the bussard ram jet is that the concepts that allow it to work are not doable at this time and maybe never doable. Fusion power using simple hydrogen is the most difficult way to make fusion power and may be impossible in any way that could be used by a space craft. The idea of gathering interstellar hydrogen via a magnetic field is not possible without some way of giving the interstellar hydrogen some level of electrical charge. Various ways of doing this have been proposed but none of them have been tested even in the laboratory. So many new and completely unknown technologies would have to come together for a interstellar fusion ramjet I would have to rate it least likely to ever be used.
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