To: jveritas
The ion drive was tested in space on the Russian Zond probe wasn't it?
To: toadthesecond
Take a look at post # 37 by "dead". The US used the ion engine back in 1998!
46 posted on
12/28/2005 1:51:06 PM PST by
jveritas
(The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
To: toadthesecond
The ion drive was tested in space on the Russian Zond probe wasn't it? Some of the Zond probes tested experimental ion engines as actuators of the attitude control system that kept the craft oriented properly.
They were not used for propulsion.
49 posted on
12/28/2005 1:51:50 PM PST by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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