Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days agoSpaceship thruster technology fueled by any type of metal could fly 'indefinitely'www.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down15
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkSpaceship thruster technology fueled by any type of metal could fly 'indefinitely'www.earth.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days ago Dr. Kim, whose commendable career includes the creation of a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is on an ambitious mission. TIL Falcon 9 uses plasma thrusters. (I’m reasonably confident it does not.) Did the author mean the hall-effect thrusters used on Starlink?
TIL Falcon 9 uses plasma thrusters. (I’m reasonably confident it does not.)
Did the author mean the hall-effect thrusters used on Starlink?