Podcaster: Fraser Cain
Title: Guide To Space – How Do Ion Engines Work?
Organization: Universe Today
Link: www.universetoday.com
Description:
The Most Efficient Propulsion System Out There
From May 15, 2018.
People always ask me why we’re stuck with chemical rockets. Seriously, exploding a bunch of hydrogen or kerosene is the best we can do?
Good news, there are other, exotic science fiction-sounding propulsion systems out there which use electromagnetic fields to accelerate atoms, allowing their spacecraft to accelerate for months at a time.
I’m talking about ion engines, of course, and several spacecraft have already used these exotic thrusters to perform some of the most amazing missions in the exploration of the Solar System.
Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today
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