Use Of Solar Electric In-Space Propulsion Studied By NASA

Credit: NASA Glenn Research Center
NASA studies are underlining the advantages of solar electric in-space propulsion for manned exploration missions, but highlighting the challenges ahead in scaling-up the technology from the puny systems already flown. Studies of missions to near-Earth objects (NEO) and the Martian moons Phobos and...

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