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Vasimr, the variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket, uses radio waves to ionize its propellant and to heat it too. While a lot of things have changed in over 40 years, todays spacecraft are still traveling at about the same speed that john glenn did when he became the first american to orbit the earth in 1962. Team space transportation competition request many of the mission requirements for proposal 1 111. Nasa spinoff firm the ad astra rocket company has announced a key milestone in ground testing of its prototype plasma drive technology, variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket vasimr. Variablespecificimpulse magnetoplasma rocket tech briefs.
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