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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: headdie on October 08, 2016, 10:47:28 am

Title: Ion Drives, Beating NASA at its own game
Post by: headdie on October 08, 2016, 10:47:28 am

So by reconsidering how an arc welder works a guy in Australia had developed a device which delivers 11,000 seconds of specific impulse

http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/how-an-australian-university-student-beat-nasa-at-their-own-game

Title: Re: Ion Drives, Beating NASA at its own game
Post by: Mongoose on October 08, 2016, 04:13:20 pm

Did someone say space junk hunters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes)?  Because sign me the hell up.

Title: Re: Ion Drives, Beating NASA at its own game
Post by: RangerKarl on October 16, 2016, 07:30:07 am

rip hachimaki

Good on this guy for giving the anoraks a little shakeup though.