plasma rockets

Thermal Modeling of a Pulsed Plasma Rocket Shows It Should Be Possible To Create One

We've reported on a technology called pulsed plasma rockets (PPRs) here at UT a few times. Several research groups have…

8 months ago

Plasma Thruster Could Dramatically Cut Down Flight Times to the Outer Solar System

I just finished the most recent season of The Expanse - my current favourite Sci-Fi series. Unlike most of my…

4 years ago

These Cubesats Could Use Plasma Thrusters to Leave Our Solar System

Cubesats are all the rage these days: they’re usually inexpensive and quick to build and they can tag along on…

11 years ago

Could Plasma Jet Thrusters Kickstart Interplanetary Travel?

A great offshoot from commercial space companies getting a foothold in real missions to orbit is that the old entrepreneurial…

12 years ago

Zubrin Claims VASIMR is a Hoax

[/caption] A next-generation plasma rocket being developed by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz called the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma…

13 years ago