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Boeing Patents an Engine Run By Laser-Generated Fusion Explosions

Posted by timothy on from the gilding-the-lily dept.

MarkWhittington writes: Boeing has had a patent approved for an aircraft engine that uses laser-generated nuclear fusion as a power source, according to a story in Business Insider. The idea is already generating a great deal of controversy, according to the website Counter Punch. The patent has generated fears of what might happen if an aircraft containing radioactive material as fuel were to crash, spreading such fuel across the crash site.

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  1. I don't get it by DrXym · · Score: 3, Funny

    How are they going to suspend the sharks on the wings?