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hunter

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4. Maybe I'll run the numbers, maybe not.

Reply to Locut0s (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:46 AM

Jan 2014

But once the station is shut down and unoccupied, all that solar power could be diverted to propulsion.

The ISS might be an excellent testbed for larger long-life electric engine designs.

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International Space Station life 'to be extended' [View all] hunter Jan 2014 OP

I've wondered if they could set it on a permanent loop between Earth and Mars. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #1

Cool idea. But... Locut0s Jan 2014 #2

Maybe I'll run the numbers, maybe not. hunter Jan 2014 #4

Agreed that would be neat. However... Locut0s Jan 2014 #3