Electric Propulsion for Spacecraft

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Electric spacecraft propulsion may soon take a leap, thanks to new supercomputer

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Electric propulsion is a more efficient alternative to traditional chemical rockets.

It's being increasingly used on space missions, starting with prototypes on NASA 's Deep Space 1 and the European Space Agency's SMART-1 in 1998 and 2003 .

A new supercomputer simulation of an ion engine's exhaust shows the behavior of the electrons in the plume.

The electrons are a lot like marbles packed into a tube, but if they roll out from the middle of the tube, they start to cool down.

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