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LJK — 1/16/2006 5:52:59 PM (archived)

The new engine is over ten times more fuel efficient than the one used on SMART-1.

"Using a similar amount of propellant as SMART-1, with the right power supply, a future spacecraft using our new engine design wouldn't just reach the Moon, it would be able to leave the Solar System entirely," says Dr Roger Walker of ESA's Advanced Concepts Team, Research Fellow in Advanced Propulsion and Technical Manager of the project.

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Space propulsion breakthrough: new spacecraft ion engine tested - et - 1/15/2006 7:13:48 PM
- Advanced propulsion? I got yer advanced propulsion - Tom Brosz - 1/17/2006 7:13:04 AM
- Cool! Would adding more grid stages do anything? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2006 1:47:34 AM
  - Quotes from the article - LJK - 1/16/2006 5:52:59 PM
    - "With the right power supply...." (n/t) - et - 1/16/2006 6:57:42 PM
      - Oooohhh!! I assume you are talking about the dreaded N word. (n/t) - DWC - 1/16/2006 7:48:32 PM
        
        I'm pointing out that it's an open ended statement..... - et - 1/17/2006 2:31:42 AM

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