Fusion design principles

This page is dedicated to the development of the proposed AIAA standard: Recommended Design Practices for Conceptual Nuclear Fusion Space Propulsion Systems.

The standard covers elements such as Mission level figures of merit, Propulsion system operating parameters and mission and vehicle Systems Characteristics.

The standard is under development and the following versions are available:

2004 versionAIAA comittee2004
annotated versionPeter Turchi

If you are interested in participating in the development of this standard, please contact: Peter Turchi.