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They do if the ions you’re using are collected from the atmosphere around you rather than coming from a tank on your vehicle.
by taneq 3y ago
They do if the ions you’re using are collected from the atmosphere around you rather than coming from a tank on your vehicle.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> do if the ions you’re using are collected from the atmosphere around you rather than coming from a tank on your vehicle This [1] looks like a plasma propulsion engine [2]. They'd need to carry propellant. That said, they're pre-staging, so the traditional rocket equation doesn't apply. [1] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uTfrXf_WHEY https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uTfrXf_WHEY [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20161018201525/http://alfven.princeton.edu/publications/choueiri-sciam-2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20161018201525/http://alfven.pri...