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First-of-its-kind NASA lithium MPD thruster hits 120 kW in ground test

NASA has successfully ignited a prototype magnetoplasmadynamic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor, reaching ...

NASA’s Lithium-Fed Nuclear Thruster Flares to Life in First of Its Kind Test

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 ...
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NASA tests high-powered thruster that could send humans to Mars

Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed a new thruster that increases power 25 times stronger than those currently in use.
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NASA Fires Up Futuristic Plasma Thruster Designed to Take Us to Mars

Yeah, that's really what it looks like. The post NASA Fires Up Futuristic Plasma Thruster Designed to Take Us to Mars ...
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NASA fires record 120 kW lithium thruster for Mars missions

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster at a record 120 kilowatts, the most powerful electric propulsion system ever operated in the U.S.
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NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars

A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to ...
NextBigFuture

Four Times the Ion Drive Thrust With 20+KW Nuclear Reactor for 2028 NASA Mars Mission

The NASA planned 2028 nuclear powered ion drive spacecraft, SR-1 Freedom will have a 20 kilowatt nuclear reactor. SR-1 ...
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Exodus Propulsion and the Exodus Force aka Electrostatic Pressure Force

NASA’s Lead Electrostatics Scientist, Dr Charles Buhler, claims he’s discovered a “new force” that counteracts gravity with no fuel necessary. Dr. Charles Buhler has run 2,000 vacuum chamber ...