UK firm building rockets to send humans outside our Solar System gets Government cash

Once developed, the engines may be able to send rockets whizzing through the cosmos at hyper-speeds on journeys into deep speeds. But currently, Pulsar is manufacturing a number of different types of advanced space rocket engines that, while not at that stage just yet, will help pave the way to a fusion-powered rocket.

Its plasma propulsion engines, which are powered by nuclear fission, are part of its exciting portfolio, and they give a taste of more exciting things to come. 

Not only could its technology eventually slash journey times in space, the company claims, but the fuel used in the so-called plasma thrusters could also save spacecraft operators millions of pounds in operating costs, and could also increase the value of the spacecraft’s data product.

Speaking on the UKSA funding, Dr James Lambert, Head of Operations as Pulsar, commented: “Pulsar has built and tested the most powerful electric propulsion engines in Europe.

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