
This white paper presents a novel fusion propulsion architecture that achieves practical space propulsion through passive geometric confinement rather than conventional active magnetic confinement. The system combines a deuterium-tritium fusion reactor with xenon propellant in a counter-rotating stator configuration, producing 50 kN to 200 kN of thrust with specific impulse values of 1000 s to 10000 s. The fundamental innovation lies in centrifugal mass stratification: counter-rotating plasma stators create centrifugal forces that naturally separate heavy xenon ions (131 u) to the outer walls and concentrate light fusion fuel (D-T, 2 u to 3 u) in the core. This mass-filtering occurs during spin-up, before RF power is applied, establishing a self-organizing system where xenon serves as both propellant mass and protective buffer layer. Other papers Core of framework https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17498831 Comprehensive scope of framework project https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17613590
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