To: BwanaNdege
And the Ion propulsion we use on some spacecraft now has about enough force to lift a single sheet of notebook paper.
Not designed for drag racing but given enough time they can achieve significant speeds.
13 posted on
08/07/2014 8:14:10 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek
And the Ion propulsion we use on some spacecraft now has about enough force to lift a single sheet of notebook paper. About 0.15oz? (this old brain does not think well in micronewtons)
About 800 times more powerful than the experimental engine under discussion?
14 posted on
08/07/2014 8:30:32 PM PDT by
BwanaNdege
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