What do you think about their proposed plasma-jet electric thrusters? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2027072188/plasma-jet-electric-thrusters-for-spacecraft >pic not related

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Anonymous Fri Oct 26 00:57:25 2012 No.5193833 [Reply] [Original]

What do you think about their proposed plasma-jet electric thrusters?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2027072188/plasma-jet-electric-thrusters-for-spacecraft

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>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 26 01:02:10 2012 No.5193843 Isn't this just an ion thruster? Havn't those been around forever?

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>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 26 01:19:39 2012 No.5193889 >>5193843 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsed_plasma_thruster Ion thruster, no. Old, yes.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 26 01:51:39 2012 No.5193967 Haven't done much research into this form of propulsion, from what I understand as long as there is enough electric energy to continual produce thrust the high speeds they can reach seems useful for interplanetary travel. Other than that, meh.

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