NASA strikes commerical deal for advanced rocket concept

NASA and Ad Astra Rocket Co., a Houston-based company, have agreed to collaborate on development of the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) technology pioneered by space shuttle astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz. Intended for interplanetary travel, internal backers of the radio...

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