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Blaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months ago

A NASA ion engine while under test at the Glenn Research Center. It can propel spacecrafts to speeds of up to 320,000 km per hour

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A NASA ion engine while under test at the Glenn Research Center. It can propel spacecrafts to speeds of up to 320,000 km per hour

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Blaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months ago
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEXT_(ion_thruster)

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    Speed of light is 1,080,000,000 km/hr.

    *Or 1.08 terametres/hr.

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      So 0.03% of C?

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