So it'll just be like Fission, Gas or Coal? Provide a heat source to boil water to drive a turbine? How's that going to power my starship? Is there anyway to use something like an MHD generator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHD_generator) to convert the fusion plasma directly into energy?
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So it'll just be like Fission, Gas or Coal? Provide a heat source to boil water to drive a turbine? How's that going to power my starship? Is there anyway to use something like an MHD generator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHD_generator) to convert the fusion plasma directly into energy?