UK-based aerospace company Pulsar Fusion working on a direct fusion rocket.
They are talking a thrust of 10 - 101 newtons, exhaust velocity 110 - 350 km/sec
https://pulsarfusion.com/products-development/fusion-propulsion/
According to a new design, a fusion rocket could take humans to Mars in just 30 days. A team of engineers from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and NASA developed a concept for a rocket that uses fusion energy to propel itself. This means that fusion rockets could enable faster and safer exploration of the solar system and beyond. #fusionrocket #mars #space https://www.freethink.com/space/fusion-rocket?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes