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|title = 2214: The March of Progress
|image = Comm-Link-2214.jpg
|url = https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12676-2214-The-March-Of-Progress
|type = Spectrum Dispatch
|publicationdate = 2012-09-16
|series = Time Capsule
}}

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'''When [[Special:MyLanguage/RSI|RSI]] announced the next generation of fusion engine, new and exciting prospects for space travel opened up, but not everyone was so enthused:'''
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Bailey couldn’t believe it.  Twenty minutes into Physics class and his Sheet was now getting a new download.  Some new Engine Tech or something that came out today.  He’d caught a glimpse of it on the way out the door this morning but these crappy public school Sheets were just getting the TextbookUpdate pings now.

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Mr. Caro already said that we were gonna be quizzed on it and its updating now?!  There’s no way.  Just no way.  This is so stupid.  How the hell am I supposed to learn this now?  

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Screw it.  I’ll bomb it.  Screw this class.  Screw Citizenship.  Screw this whole system.  I don’t need it…

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Mr. Caro said the quiz would start in ten minutes.  Bailey sunk into his seat and started studying.


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"While the standard fusion engine utilized a specific impulse of 130,000 seconds, in 2214, RSI unveiled the [[Special:MyLanguage/Poseidon|Poseidon]], the next generation in fusion propulsion design. Capable of achieving speeds close to 18,600 miles per second, or 1/10th the speed of light while increasing the specific impulse to 375,000 seconds, the Poseidon also feature augmented hydrogen-scrubber technology in order to better facilitate fuel collection while in flight.

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As you can see from the exploded diagram on the left, the engine consists of three micro-reactors hardwired into a series of relays and scrubbers. During flight in deep space, the scrubbers collect hydrogen which are ''[sic]'' then filtered and funneled into the fusion reactors. What was particularly ingenious about this engine was the [[Special:MyLanguage/Terrestrial Atmospheric Applicators|Terrestrial Atmospheric Applicators]] (TAA). These applicators could be activated when entering into a foreign planets atmo and the engine could extract necessary elements from the air, thus maintaining its fuel rate.

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Unfortunately, the first generation of these engines did suffer from a recurring parts malfunction in the disposal of waste at the comple- [...] of fuel fusion. The back-up of potential toxic chemicals would... "
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