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The Europen space people made the first successful flight of an ion engine. America should be researching advanced technology like this as well.
The Europen space people made the first successful flight of an ion engine. America should be researching advanced technology like this as well.
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The engine does not combust fuel; rather it splits atoms with electricity to get ions, accelerates them at high speed, and then ejects them, driving the spacecraft forward. SMART-1 generates its electricity by converting sunlight with outsize solar arrays that give the spacecraft a 45-foot wingspan.