[NIAC 2023] Fusion Reactor To Melt Through Europa's Ice

In this interview, I'm talking with Theresa Benyo and Lawrence Forsley from NASA. They are authors of a Lattice Confinement Fusion Reactor that got a NIAC award this year. A reactor like this could help us melt through the ice on Europa and Enceladus and have other interesting applications in space missions. The extended version also includes additional questions from Matt Williams:https://youtu.be/decKMi2FBxk🦄 Support us on Patreon:https://patreon.com/universetoday👉 More about the NIAC project; https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Accessing_Icy_World_Oceans/00:00 Intro02:30 How tough is Europa's ice04:31 Lattice confinement fusion14:43 How the probe will look like22:54 What's next for the NIAC project25:57 Other applications for the reactor31:55 Where's the upper limit for the project37:15 Going interstellar41:10 Behind the scenes and additional questions 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/7Idm53V687I📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast