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2 posted on
07/27/2006 5:46:35 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
Interesting physics, but we were just born too soon.
Theoretically, however, couldn't a Jovian payload pack enough ballistics for a return trip while letting the Ion plant do the distance running?
[I'm a layman. Isn't the engineering term "gravity well"? 20 kW isn't that much power, particularly that far out, it seems.]
To: KevinDavis
A little bit of a steady push goes a long way in space.
7 posted on
07/27/2006 6:54:49 PM PDT by
PeteB570
(Weapons are not toys to play with, they are tools to be used.)
To: KevinDavis
NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT)...you just gotta love the US acronym administration...LOL
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