NASA: Electric propulsion could play major role in exploration
With chemical propulsion systems rapidly approaching the theoretical limits of their efficiency, NASA scientists are looking ahead to electric propulsion concepts to power long-duration interplanetary missions, where slow and steady acceleration wins the race. The basic principle of electric...
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