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  • SoBeGirl Video
    So Fucking Banned
    • Sep 2002
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    Ion drive -WOW!

    http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/0...nch/index.html

    Ion drive
    On its way to the moon SMART's primary objective is to test an innovative propulsion system known as an ion drive.

    The system uses solar power to produce a beam of charged xenon atoms, or ions, which are expelled from the back of the probe producing thrust that drives the spacecraft forward.
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    • X37375787
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      The command center that controls the start and flight of the Ariane 5 rocket is located in my hometown.

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        • SoBeGirl Video
          So Fucking Banned
          • Sep 2002
          • 2493
          #3
          and where would that be? France?

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            • JamesK
              hi
              • Jun 2002
              • 16731
              #4
              M3Server - NATS Hosting

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                • X37375787
                  #5
                  Originally posted by SoBeGirl Video
                  and where would that be? France?

                  The ESOC in Germany

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                    • Project-Shadow
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 7340
                      #6
                      3,911,671 miles per U.S. gallon

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                        • SoBeGirl Video
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Sep 2002
                          • 2493
                          #7
                          Do you realize how significant this is? If this works then we can send people to mars.

                          One of the major problems with doing that today with combustion technology is that we cannot send enough fuel with them to get them home.

                          We can get them there but not back. So it would be a suicide mission.

                          But with this Ion stuff we can now do it. I hope it works.

                          Last I read we were looking at water sources there that could be used to somehow propel a ship. I have not heard about this Ion drive until today.



                          Is this mission a multinational effort? Did the US have any part in it?

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                            • Sassyass
                              Confirmed User
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 1101
                              #8
                              Originally posted by SoBeGirl Video
                              Do you realize how significant this is? If this works then we can send people to mars.

                              One of the major problems with doing that today with combustion technology is that we cannot send enough fuel with them to get them home.

                              We can get them there but not back. So it would be a suicide mission.

                              But with this Ion stuff we can now do it. I hope it works.

                              Last I read we were looking at water sources there that could be used to somehow propel a ship. I have not heard about this Ion drive until today.



                              Is this mission a multinational effort? Did the US have any part in it?
                              The Ion drive has been around for quite some time.
                              The drive has VERY little thrust power. On a trip to mars is would basically spend half the journey speeding up then the last half slowing down.

                              They are used now to keep geo synchronous satellites in orbit and it was used in one project to get a payload to mars.
                              The Ion engine will never be used to power rockets out of the atmosphere.
                              Want to see something crazy yet possible check this out.

                              http://www.isr.us/SEHome.asp?m=1

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                                • Babaganoosh
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                                  • Nov 2001
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                                  haha a 62,000 mile belt. That's crazy.
                                  (In 15 years when it's a reality, feel free to dig this thread up and taunt me)
                                  I like pie.

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