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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 kilowatts—the highest achieved in U.S. tests of an electric propulsion system

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NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 kilowatts—the highest achieved in U.S. tests of an electric propulsion system

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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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NASA's Lithium-Fed Nuclear Thruster Flares to Life in First of Its Kind Test
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The next-generation thruster could one day propel humans to Mars.
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    The em drive is what you’re thinking of, this is something different. That thing dropped off the radar a long time ago.

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      There is a new one in the works, but forget what it is called.

      I want it to exist so bad.

      Edit:

      Charles Buhler’s work. Dunno if it has a name

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        Interesting rabbit hole. Thanks.

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        Buhler? Buhler?

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