News tagged with impulse magnetoplasma rocket
Zubrin claims VASIMR is a hoax
A next-generation plasma rocket being developed by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz called the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) has been touted as a way to get astronauts to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Scientist eyes 39-day voyage to Mars
A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last Wednesday, the Ad Astra Rocket Company tested what is currently the most powerful plasma rocket in the world. As the Webster, Texas, company announced, the VASIMR VX-200 engine ran at ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2009 |
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To Mars and Beyond: Plasma Rocket Research
With their main objective to develop a rocket for a manned mission to Mars, UH Professor Edgar Bering and his student, Michael Brukardt, were among the authors of an award-winning technical paper recognized at a recent conference ...
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Jul 15, 2004 |
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