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NASA’s New Vasimr Plasma Engine Could Reach Mars In Less Than 6 Weeks
NASA recently delivered $10 million in funding to Ad Astra Rocket Company of Texas for further development of its Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), an electromagnetic thruster proficient of propelling a spaceship to Mars in just 39 days. NASA’s funding was part of the “12 Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnership.”
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That was a good read. I wonder who will volunteer to go to Mars?