Astronomy / Space Ion Thruster Sets World Record

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

NASA did it again - "...which means that an ion thruster has a fuel efficiency of 10-12 times greater than a chemical thruster..."
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2416.html#.UhMDiFLqxk9

 

[Capt. Hook]

NASA did it again - "...which means that an ion thruster has a fuel efficiency of 10-12 times greater than a chemical thruster..."
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2416.html#.UhMDiFLqxk9

very cool.

check out this from new scientist re. warp drives: http://www.newscientist.com/article...ising-a-starship-warp-drive.html#.UhNGeZLPfng

 

[Thargon]

Yep, very cool Also very sci-fi looking Those big blue thrusters are common in a lot of sci-fi films.

Also, this: http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/ which I stumbled into today. Pretty far fetched but at least there are people thinking about it.