Artist view of an interstellar ship Ramjet - Boussard Interstellar Ramjet Engine - Artist view...

Artist view of an interstellar ship Ramjet - Boussard Interstellar Ramjet Engine - Artist view - Artist view of a spacecraft propelled with the help of the hydrogen collected in space; this hydrogen is captured at the front of the ship and then sent to a nuclear reactor or transformed to ensure propulsion. The Boussard Interstellar Ramjet engine concept uses interstellar hydrogen scooped up from its environment as the spacecraft passes by to provide propellant mass. The hydrogen is then ionized and then collected by an electromagnetic field. In this image, an onboard laser is used to heat the plasma, and the laser or electron beam is used to trigger fusion pulses thus creating propulsion