Plasma propulsion

Interesting little bit here
www.adastrarocket.com/aarc/Technology
on VASIMR technology.

Seen running here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIg6pWwezEU

looking back at this 2003 NASA article
www.nasa.gov/vision/space/travelinginspace/future_propulsion.html
then recently
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRfsfDLREdg

and I believe a deal was recently done to take one to the ISS

 

Jesus H fucking Christ. Who are those two aresholes? I managed 1 minute 24
before I puked.

 

First ten minutes were awful, but the interview with Dr Chewy Wotsit was
interesting enough. Didn't tell any more than the other links to the
engine itself.

 

I don't know if you are to be commended for your staying power or pitied
for lack of a working reflux action. GG has the right of it.

 

Nah, ffs. I F-F'd through most of the beginning, paying some slight
attention to Alan Bean's artwork.

 

While I share your views as far as the overall style of presentation,
particularly the cheesiness of it all, I can't say I find the
individual presenters themselves particularly vomit-inducing.

 

I looked past the presentation and TBF clicked through the vid until it got
to propulsion.
I wonder if linac makers have considered this science. It isn't that far
from the way a linac produces a beam to strike the tungsten target (with an
electron gun rather than fuel obviously).

It should have a significant impact on any future Mars mission if they can
construct, and get into orbit, a suitable nuclear power plant or RTG. Must
be a problem though, the largest RTG I know of was on Cassini and it's only
800 We. So it would be something like a Hyperion nuclear power module but
AFAIK that still requires a steam based generator. Paging Mick W!

 

'calling international rescue'.....

 

To each his own, but I'd be hard pressed to climb over Ena Sharples to reach
that minging bint and as for Mr I-wish-I-was-a-bint-too", well.... no more
to say about "him"