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    The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electrothermal thruster under development for possible use in spacecraft propulsion....
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    Ion thruster (redirect from Ion rocket)
    plasma in the exhaust is neutral overall. The proposed Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) functions by using radio waves to ionize a...
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    were converted to thrust. Ad Astra Rocket Company is developing the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR). Canadian company Nautel is...
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  • but a maximum thrust of only 68 mN (0.015 lbf). The variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR) engine currently in development will theoretically...
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    in funding to Ad Astra Rocket Company of Texas for further development of its Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), an electromagnetic...
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    propellant-efficient (they have the lowest specific impulse). The ideal exhaust is hydrogen, the lightest of all elements, but chemical rockets produce a mix of heavier...
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    Pulsed inductive thrusters Pulsed plasma thrusters Variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rockets (VASIMR) Vacuum arc thrusters Mass drivers designed...
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    hydrazine as a propellant. Resistojet Arcjet Microwave Variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR) Electromagnetic thrusters accelerate ions either...
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    already been tested to varying levels, such as Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, and nuclear rockets. In the former case, a trip time of forty...
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    proposed for some types of propulsion (for example, Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, VASIMR), in which the flow of plasma or ions are directed...
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  • nine months with conventional chemical rockets.[failed verification] Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) J Ling; M D West; T Lafleur;...
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  • plasma-based rockets are suitable for interplanetary travel. Helicon double-layer thruster Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket Storey, L. R...
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    ESA plan a human mission to Mars in the 2030s. The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electro-magnetic thruster for spacecraft...
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  • arc Microwave – a type of Radiofrequency ion thruster Variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR) – using microwave-generated plasma as the propellant...
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    Hall effect thrusters and Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rockets (VASIMR). Both provide very high specific impulse but relatively low thrust...
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    Argon is used as a propellant in the development of the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR). Compressed argon gas is allowed to expand...
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    Field-emission electric propulsion Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASMIR) Batteries in space Liquid-propellant rocket List of spacecraft with electric...
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    Mass driver (category Non-rocket spacelaunch)
    with some thruster types, including mass drivers and variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rockets). Since a mass driver could use any type of mass for...
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    Years of research and development have produced the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), an electrical propulsion device for use in...
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  • with the vertical launch of MW 18014 on 20 June 1944. Variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket – (VASIMR), is an electrothermal thruster under development...
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  • Tripropellant rocket — Tsiolkovsky rocket equation — Turbomachinery — Two-stage-to-orbit — UFO UAV V-2 rocketVariable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket — Velocity...
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    Theoretical spacecraft propulsion (category Rocket propulsion)
    Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster Pulsed plasma thruster Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket Electromagnetic propulsion Spacecraft electric propulsion...
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  • tokamak,GOLEM tokamak Franklin Chang-Diaz created the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) concept, an electromagnetic thruster for spacecraft...
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    the interstellar medium is relatively large, and both the magsail and magnetoplasma sail have significant thrust for travel away from Earth using the force...
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  • Van Allen radiation belt Vapor–liquid–solid method Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket Vector inversion generator Versatile Toroidal Facility...
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