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NASA considers Plasma Rocket for testing at Space Station

 
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:03 pm    Post subject: NASA considers Plasma Rocket for testing at Space Station Reply with quote
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NASA
is considering flying a prototype plasma rocket engine designed by a former
astronaut to the International Space Station for testing, officials said
Wednesday. The engine is called a Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma
Rocket, or VASIMR, and if that sounds like something you'd see on Star Trek,
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