Ad Astra Sees Commercial Vasimr Engine By 2014

Commercial applications of the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) engine under development by Ad Astra Rocket Company may be possible as early as 2014, following the first full-power prototype test of the advanced space-propulsion system. Engineers at the company’s Houston...

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