A schematic of an gridded electrostatic ion thruster. Wear on the grids over time limits the life of these thrusters. Credit: NASA Electrostatic ion thrusters use a variety of methods to ...
Top-Level PPE Conceptual Ion Propulsion System (IPS) Block Diagram. (Credit: NASA) Originally designed since 2015 to propel the AARM mission to fetch rocks from an asteroid, when AARM was ...