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Boeing patents laser-powered fusion-fission jet engine (that’s truly impossible)

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Ars Technica; By Sebastian Anthony
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Assume the brace position: Boeing has received a patent for, I kid you not, a laser-powered fusion-fission jet propulsion system. Boeing envisions that this system could replace both rocket and turbofan engines, powering everything from spacecraft to missiles to airplanes.

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