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Title: VASIMR: This plasma engine could get humans to Mars in only 45 days
Post by: Marlin on Mar 25, 2023, 05:34

VASIMR: This plasma engine could get humans to Mars in only 45 days


To make this ambitious goal a reality, the private space company is building a high-power electric propulsion engine called VASIMR that could one day power a nuclear electric rocket to Mars in as little as 45 days.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/vasimr-plasma-engine-humans-mars