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: jveritas
Goddard experimented with the ion motor in the 20s.
50 posted on
12/28/2005 1:52:15 PM PST by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: jveritas
The Zond probes were in the sixties (but as another poster points out, they were used for positional thrusters only)
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