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Kablooie

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1. I already have.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 01:22 AM

Jul 2018

I only use imagination.

NASA, on the other hand, has already implemented an ion drive. The Dawn spacecraft, which was launched in 2007 to explore the asteroid belt, is propelled by three xenon ion thrusters. It looks like bright blue light and accelerates very slowly but can reach speeds of 90,000 mph and uses very little fuel.

NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) ion thruster in operation.

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Will We Ever Stop Using Rockets to Get to Space? [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2018 OP

I already have. Kablooie Jul 2018 #1

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