Here is a paper that was on-line, and then off-line, and now it is back:

S. K. Borowski, NASA Technical Memorandum 107030 AIAA–87–1814, “Comparison
of Fusion/Antiproton Propulsion Systems for Interplanetary Travel"

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/supplement/ComparisonFusionAntiproton.pdf

In a discussion of technology we want to know how energy you get per gram
of fuel. Most physics papers show fusion reaction energy releases in
electron-volts per atom. You can plug this into a spreadsheet with
Avogadro's number and hocus pocus derive the energy per gram of fuel, but
when I do that I am prone to adding or subtracting several orders of
magnitude by accident. This paper has handy tables showing the energy from
chemical, fission and fusion reactions in joules per kilogram, and also the
converted mass fraction.

I cited this paper in my book, where I wrote that a d-d fusion reaction
produces 345,000 MJ/g of deuterium.

This is also a fascinating discussion of potential fission and fusion
powered rockets. By the way, Ed Storms is an expert in that subject.

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