Bork could see that Kimberly was a bit overwhelmed with the technical talk. “The bottom line is,” he said to her, “that the reactor produces more than sufficient electricity and it preheats the hydrogen fuel. The VASIMR engines generate high-frequency radio waves to ionize the super-hot hydrogen propellant into extremely hot plasma. Magnetic fields accelerate the plasma to generate thrust.”
“So, you are limited by how much uranium-hexafluoride and hydrogen you can carry,” Kimberly said with a self-satisfied smile.
Bork grinned at her. “You got it! So, what’s your function? You’re obviously not a scientist.”
“I’m the journalist,” she said. “I make sure the world hears what we want it to hear.”
To Bork’s regret, she turned her attention to Meriweather. “If you had enough electricity and
