Pulsar Fusion
{{Short description|British rocket company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Pulsar Fusion
| logo = Pulsar-logotype.svg
| industry = Aerospace
| founded = 2011
| hq_location = Bletchley, United Kingdom
| key_people = {{unbulleted list| Richard Dinan (CEO) | James Lambert|{{small|(Director of Operations)}}|Dr. Adam Baker|{{small|(Propulsion Engineer)}}| Lolan Naicker|{{small|(Senior Advisor Rocketry)}}}}
| website = {{official|https://pulsarfusion.com/}}
}}
Pulsar Fusion is a UK-based start-up that has demonstrated two designs of prototype rocket engine. It is headquartered in Bletchley, United Kingdom.{{Cite web |last=Sampson |first=Ben |date=2023-07-11 |title=Pulsar Fusion to build nuclear fusion-fueled rocket engine |url=https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/news/space/pulsar-fusion-to-build-nuclear-fusion-fueled-rocket-engine.html |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Aerospace Testing International |language=en-GB}}
History
Pulsar Fusion was founded by Richard Dinan in 2011.Simon Ingram,{{cite news|title=Why a reality TV star and a physicist are building a nuclear reactor in Milton Keynes|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2019/09/why-reality-tv-star-and-physicist-are-building-nuclear-reactor|access-date=15 February 2022|publisher=nationalgeographic.co.uk|date=20 February 2020}} Pulsar has tested its first Hall effect satellite thruster, achieving an exhaust velocity of 20 km/s.Rachel Hains,{{cite news|title=UK company Pulsar Fusion demonstrates Green, Mach-7 rocket in Switzerland|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-company-pulsar-fusion-demonstrates-22308861|access-date=15 February 2022|publisher=walesonline.co.uk|date=29 November 2021}}
Pulsar tested its hybrid polyethylene/nitrous oxide launch rocket engines in November 2021.
On its website, as of late-2022, the company says it is developing a Direct Fusion Drive.
In January 2024, Pulsar claimed it was working on building a nuclear fusion powered rocket.{{Cite web |last=Kokkinidis |first=Tasos |date=21 January 2024 |title=Nuclear Fusion Rockets Could Cut the Time to Fly to Mars by Half |url=https://greekreporter.com/2024/01/21/nuclear-fusion-rockets-cut-time-fly-mars/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Greek Reporter}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-13 |title=A fusion rocket designed to travel 500,000 mph is under construction |url=https://bigthink.com/the-present/nuclear-fusion-rocket/ |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Big Think |language=en-US}}