@Blaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish • 6 months agoA NASA ion engine while under test at the Glenn Research Center. It can propel spacecrafts to speeds of up to 320,000 km per houri.ibb.coimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-down1imageA NASA ion engine while under test at the Glenn Research Center. It can propel spacecrafts to speeds of up to 320,000 km per houri.ibb.co@Blaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDarkThoughtslinkfedilink41•6 months agoAny sort of long continuous thruster can do that in deep space, assuming there’s enough fuel / fuel to weight ratio. And ion engines are simply extremely fuel efficient, but also extremely weak in their actual output.
minus-square@DeanFogg@lemm.eelinkfedilink6•6 months agoSo it’s not likely it has the force for entry and exit
Any sort of long continuous thruster can do that in deep space, assuming there’s enough fuel / fuel to weight ratio. And ion engines are simply extremely fuel efficient, but also extremely weak in their actual output.
So it’s not likely it has the force for entry and exit
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