39-day voyage to Mars(google.com) |
39-day voyage to Mars(google.com) |
VASIMR is to space what the Internal Combustion Engine has been to land. Quite literally it only takes minor modifications to the VASIMR design to attain a faster engine or a stronger engine for a variety of tasks.
In the future these engines will be being used for everything from travel between planets, to moving asteroids for mining. They're really quite incredible.
only one proof of concept has been done so far according to the article. would be cool to see a more vigorous explanation of the process.