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<strong>Enzmann</strong> Slow ShipDry spacecraft mass300,000(tonnes)Propellant mass (tonnes) 3×10 6Start population 2,000End population 20,000Total Mass Ratio 11Mass Ratio 3.32Exhaust Velocity (km/s) 11,260Total Delta.V (km/s) 27,000 (0.09c)Cruise Velocity (km/s) 13,500 (0.045c)Total acceleration time98.67(years)Total Cruise time (years) 51.33Total Mission time (years) 150Mass Flow Rate (kg/s) 0.96Start Acceleration (m/s2) 0.003 (0.0004g)Thrust (kN) 10,810PULSE FREQUENCY1 Hz; ~1000 grams10 Hz; ~100 grams50 Hz; ~20 grams100 Hz; ~10 grams250 Hz; ~5 grams
<strong>Enzmann</strong> World ShipDry spacecraft mass3000,000(tonnes)Propellant mass (tonnes) 3×10 6Start population 20,000End population 200,000Total Mass Ratio 2Mass Ratio 1.41Exhaust Velocity (km/s) 12,119Total Delta.V (km/s) 8,400 (0.028c)Cruise Velocity (km/s) 4,200 (0.014c)Total acceleration time84.9(years)Total Cruise time (years) 265.1Total Mission time (years) 350Mass Flow Rate (kg/s) 1.12Start Acceleration (m/s2) 0.004 (0.0005g)Thrust (kN) 13,573PULSE FREQUENCY1 Hz; ~1,100 grams10 Hz; ~100 grams50 Hz; ~20 grams100 Hz; ~10 grams250 Hz; ~5 grams
Page 1 and 2: The Enzmann Starship:History & Engi
Page 3 and 4: Robert Duncan Enzmann• -Jay Snyde
Page 6 and 7: Origins: Robert Enzmann (1964-1966)
Page 8 and 9: S.S.Statendam, 24,000 gross tons, 1
Page 10 and 11: Enzmann Starships (1972)In 1972 Don
Page 12 and 13: Analog (1973)Flying Iceberg wasfrom
Page 14 and 15: Originally painted bySternbach in 1
Page 16 and 17: Originally painted in 1974as 35 mm
Page 18 and 19: Astronomy Magazine “Slow Boat to
Page 20 and 21: National Geographic Picture Atlas (
Page 22 and 23: In the 1980s RobertEnzmann began to
Page 24 and 25: Torch ClassContinuous FusionLikely
Page 27 and 28: Enzmann Starship: Engineering Layou
Page 29 and 30: Nuclear Pulse PropulsionProject Ori
Page 31 and 32: Nuclear PulsePropulsion. ICF pellet
Page 33 and 34: Deuterium Sphere Shell It may be ne
Page 35 and 36: “World Ships - An Assessment of t
Page 41 and 42: Slow Boat - Slow Ship - World Ship
Page 43: Enzmann Slow BoatDry spacecraft mas
Page 48 and 49: Enzmann ColoniesOnce the D fuel is
Page 50 and 51: Each cell could then bemated to oth
Page 52: We have conducted extensive researc

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