New Lithium-Plasma Engine Passes Key Mars Propulsion Test - Universe Today
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New Lithium-Plasma Engine Passes Key Mars Propulsion Test Universe TodayNASA Tests Prototype ‘Magnetoplasmadynamic' Electric Propulsion Thruster Designed to Power Future Trips to Mars The DebriefNASA Ignites Prototype Thruster Designed to Put Humans on Mars HotHardwareNASA fires up a lithium plasma engine 25 times more powerful than any electric thruster ever used in space.
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The technology needs to operate for 23,000 hours non-stop at infernal temperatures, and if successful, will put the first human on Mars.
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