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Super cool, but yeah it does seem to require a lot of power, more so than some of the existing electric propulsion systems. The T/P of 23 mN/kW is worse than a
by dr_orpheus 4y ago
Super cool, but yeah it does seem to require a lot of power, more so than some of the existing electric propulsion systems. The T/P of 23 mN/kW is worse than a lot of existing Hall Effect thrusters that get thrust in the range of 50-70 mN/kW. It would be significantly more efficient with an ISP of the air-breathing EP in the ~5000 s range. But with the huge volume (and I assume more mass than existing EP thrusters) its hard to see how overall this would end up being a more efficient system than other electric propulsion systems.