A massive magnetic Bussard ramjet scoop collects and concentrates interstellar hydrogen to feed a thermonuclear fusion engine powering a very large interstellar colony ship across vast distances at near light-speed. The colony ship is about 6km long, 500m diameter, and carries about 50,000 passengers and crew - essentially an entire, self-supporting city.
Thank you for participating in our 🌌 🪐 ☄️ -Space- ☄️ 🪐 🌌 challenge! You all submitted so many wonderful stellar entries, they were a joy to vote on! Congrats to our winners 🥇 JJ, 🥈 AI Nightrider, 🥉 Bruno Camadini, and 🥉 Astro_dude! 🎉 We hope to see you all in our next challenge, starting soon! 👋
The base of the magnetic funnel should start at the nose of the spaceship, and the exhaust should be more concentrated and laminar at the rear of the spaceship.