[MtnClimber]

I wonder if you have to start slowing down when you are half way there?

[Kickass Conservative]

>>>The previous record was 3.3 Newtons<<<

Regular Newtons or Fig Newtons?

[Snickering Hound]

Weighs 500lbs and only generates 5 Newton’s of thrust.

They’re a long ways off...

[saturn]

Going from 5 kilometers a second to 40 is pretty impressive, all we need now are some dilithium crystals and Scottie.

[Tucker39]

I’m nothing but an uneducated oaf in regard to ion thrusters, etc. But if space is a vacuum, where does the ion thruster get the ions it will thrust to propel the space vehicle toward Mars; and back? And from whence cometh the energy to operate the thuster at 100+ KW of power; for extended periods of time?

[Thumper1960]

Continuous acceleration in zero gravity and no “resistance”.
I assume that would be a decent speed achieved.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

So it can get to Mars in 100 years.

[DaxtonBrown]

That’s about 2.5 pounds of thrust.

[wgmalabama]

Combine it with a RTG source put it into space and set a record in a month. Why don’t we push the boundaries anymore.

Build a probe just to push the envelope with a this with a RTG and a big ping antenna. Slingshot it out of the solar system.