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Say good bye to cryogenic chilled propellant in your rocket!
Rocket Boffins@ NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently fired up a magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster (aka "electric thruster") that runs on lithium metal vapor.
This prototype achieved power levels (120 kilowatts) beyond the highest-power electric thrusters on any of the agency’s current spacecraft.
Fully developed and paired with a nuclear power source, they could support payloads required for human Mars missions. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/ #NASA #JPL #Princeton #ElectricPropulsion #Rockets #Space #Mars #Lithium #Thruster #RocketThruster #electromagnetic #magnetoplasmadynamic
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Say good bye to cryogenic chilled propellant in your rocket!
Rocket Boffins@ NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently fired up a magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster (aka "electric thruster") that runs on lithium metal vapor.
This prototype achieved power levels (120 kilowatts) beyond the highest-power electric thrusters on any of the agency’s current spacecraft.
Fully developed and paired with a nuclear power source, they could support payloads required for human Mars missions. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/ #NASA #JPL #Princeton #ElectricPropulsion #Rockets #Space #Mars #Lithium #Thruster #RocketThruster #electromagnetic #magnetoplasmadynamic
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Say this quickly three times - magnetoplasmadynamic thruster!
NASA/JPL successfully tested a new magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) ion thruster spacecraft engine that runs on lithium metal vapor.
Ion engines accelerate ions — charged atoms — out through a nozzle to provide thrust, hence they are often described as using "electric propulsion" and are 25 times more powerful that current engines that burn chemical propellant.
The test showed the electric propulsion system capable of operating at power levels up to 120 kilowatts. https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/nasa-is-making-a-powerful-new-ion-engine-to-send-astronauts-to-mars-and-it-just-passed-its-1st-test #NASA #Space #SpaceCraft #MPDEngines #magnetoplasmadynamic #Ions #IonThruster #Lithium
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Say this quickly three times - magnetoplasmadynamic thruster!
NASA/JPL successfully tested a new magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) ion thruster spacecraft engine that runs on lithium metal vapor.
Ion engines accelerate ions — charged atoms — out through a nozzle to provide thrust, hence they are often described as using "electric propulsion" and are 25 times more powerful that current engines that burn chemical propellant.
The test showed the electric propulsion system capable of operating at power levels up to 120 kilowatts. https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/nasa-is-making-a-powerful-new-ion-engine-to-send-astronauts-to-mars-and-it-just-passed-its-1st-test #NASA #Space #SpaceCraft #MPDEngines #magnetoplasmadynamic #Ions #IonThruster #Lithium