>and it still feels like an ion drive is a sci fi idea, instead it is real. It's real but it's slooooow. I mean yea, they do get much higher velocities but it

>and it still feels like an ion drive is a sci fi idea, instead it is real. It's real but it's slooooow. I mean yea, they do get much higher velocities but it takes a very long time( and thus are incapable of launching from a gravity well).