Plasma rockets
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Channel: The Royal Society · 2015 · Science & Technology
Plasma rockets exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2015: http://sse.royalsociety.org/2015/plasma-rockets/. Revolutionary rockets are helping spacecraft explore distant places. Visit the Plasma rockets exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2015: http://sse.royalsociety.org/2015/ Video thumbnail image: The Dawn spacecraft firing its ion plasma thruster on approach to the asteroid Ceres. Credit: JPL/NASA. While ‘Plasma rockets’ exhibit is not directly involved in NASA and ESA missions, the exhibitors’ work demonstrates why plasma rockets are useful for going long distances in space.
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