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Boeing Just Patented a Jet Engine Powered By Lasers and Nuclear Explosions

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Boeing just patented a laser-and-nuclear driven airplane engine. I'm curious to know if they actually have a working engine, or if it's another junk patent.

"Boeing's new jet engine works by firing high-power lasers at radioactive material, such as Deuterium and Tritium."

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Boeing just patented a jet engine powered by lasers and nuclear explosions (BA)
 
The laser fusion engine looks like one of those things that are straightforward in concept but very tricky to make a reality. Still--very cool. And Boeing must have some degree of faith in the idea inasmuch as they took out a patent.

Looks like a bad week for China for both economic and meteorological reasons. And in today's interconnected world, what goes around certainly comes around.
 
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