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Interesting Engineering

New metal-eating thrusters gobble iron to power spacecraft forever

Interesting Engineering
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69% Informative

Super Magdrive , a new plasma rocket, can use metal ions to drive spacecraft forward.

The new thruster uses solar power to charge capacitors to ionize any metal used as a raw material.

The thruster could, in theory, refuel on the hop by mining asteroids.

Such thrusters can also be used for maneuvering in space.

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58

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50

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32

Article tone

formal

Language

English

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53

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long-living

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