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...do spółki z brakiem czasu ostatnio dumnie uniosło głowę i przypuściło niecny atak na mojego bloga. Efektem tego przegapiłem kilka całkiem niezłych wydarzeń... Ale o nich wspomnę jeszcze kiedy indziej a póki co chciałbym zaanonsować występ Jozefa van Wissema zanim będzie po ptokach ;)

NASA Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop Solar Electric Propulsion for Deep Space Missions

This prototype 13-kilowatt Hall thruster was tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and will be used by industry to develop high-power solar electric propulsion into a flight-qualified system. Credits: NASA

NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to design and develop an advanced solar electric propulsion (SEP) system that will serve as a critical enabling technology for sending…

Solar Electric Propulsion: ARRM an uncertain test for new technology

Image Credit: NASA

Continuing our story about the solar electric propulsion (SEP) program at NASA’s Glenn Research Center and its proposed demonstration on the future Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM), the effort to design and build higher powered systems is a priority at the center. Part of the reason for this urgency is that a high powered SEP engine is needed, most immediately, for…

Solar Electric Propulsion: NASA’s engine to Mars and Beyond

Image Credit: NASA

NASA is hard at work developing what they believe is the best space engine for future missions to Mars and beyond. It’s not warp drive. No, nothing so exotic or dreamy. In fact, it already exists. The challenge is to enhance it for our needs in space in the coming decades. That is the hope, and the goal, of NASA’s continuing development of solar electric propulsion (SEP). (more…