A Remarkable New Thruster Could Achieve Escape Velocity—and Interplanetary Travel
Mars, and beyond. While these massive devices are marvels of human engineering, the real workhorses of the space industry are ...
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Ion Thrusters: Not Just For TIE Fighters Anymore
This manner of operation means that an ion thruster and a small mass of fuel can theoretically create a much larger delta-V than chemical rockets, perfect for long-range space missions to Mars and ...
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New Propulsion Technology Could Send Spaceships to Mars in a Month
Mars is 140 million miles from Earth ... propulsion (NEP), using a nuclear power reactor to power electric ion thrusters - ionising a gas and accelerating the ions produced, which are then ...
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Upgraded Plasma Thruster Is Smaller, More Powerful
When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel, the resulting video picked up millions of views and got hobbyists and professionals alike talking. While ionic lifters ...
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NASA goes full throttle on Mars, but hits speed bumps on road to Venus
At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, two big missions got snagged on workforce issues Scientists operate a copy of a Mars rover within the Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena ...