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They plan on using ion thrusters: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/8iy7pv/why_is_spacex_planning_to_use_ion_thrusters/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/c
by mrep 8y ago
They plan on using ion thrusters: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/8iy7pv/why_is_spacex_planning_to_use_ion_thrusters/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/8iy7pv/why_is_space...
- rurban 8y agoOuch. At first I mixed it up with the EMDrive, which would not work. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325177082_The_SpaceDrive_Project_-_First_Results_on_EMDrive_and_Mach-Effect_Thrusters https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325177082_The_Space... But a simple ion thruster is fine. Those beasts are incredibly fast up there in low orbit. Something like one earth orbit in 2 hours.