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VASIMR magnetoplasma rocket
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FORMER ASTRONAUT TO LEAD ADVANCED ROCKET CONCEPT
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NASA has signed an agreement with Houston-based Ad Astra Rocket Co. that
paves the way for commercialization of a promising advanced plasma rocket
system that has evolved over the past 25 years.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0601/27plasmarocket/

Other information sources on VASIMR:

http://www.adastrarocket.com/VASIMR.html

http://dma.ing.uniroma1.it/users/bruno/Petro.prn.pdf

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/fed/edu/summer/summer01/munden.pdf

http://www.nasatech.com/Briefs/Sep01/MSC23041.html

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/traveling...propulsion.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VASIMR

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