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2. Thanks for posting this ! Dawn has been bumped out of the news, sadly.

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:40 PM

Aug 2012

This is some of the most exciting new technology in space travel -- more ion engines to follow.

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"...we are now climbing away from Vesta atop a blue-green pillar of xenon ions" [View all] n2doc Aug 2012 OP

Okay a geek named Bob Aug 2012 #1

Thanks for posting this ! Dawn has been bumped out of the news, sadly. eppur_se_muova Aug 2012 #2

I love hearing the term "ion drive" Odin2005 Sep 2012 #3