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Ya, I know but Ceres is going to get pushed into an intersection with Mars to generate an atmosphere and a hydrological cycle .......testing on fusion rocket drives is ongoing https://newatlas.com/space/pulsar-fusion-rocket-design-slash...


Hopefully the energy released would also remelt it and restart it's magnetic field, to avoid volatile loss again.


Remelting whole planet is such a nonsense, it would take millions of years for the large body as Mars to cool enough for surface to be usable.

By the way, the loss of atmosphere takes millions of years too. The popular "we must restart mars magnetic field" trope likes to omit the fact. In the end occassional replenishment of volatiles would probably be cheaper.


I mean, if you’re pushing ceres around, teller and ulam already designed the ideal fusion rocket




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