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NASA predicts that it will take seven months to make it to even our closest neighbor, Mars .
But new technology is arising that might one day completely replace conventional rockets with its greater efficiency.
Ion engines give thrust electrically to create particles that are accelerated along electromagnetic fields.
The more electricity you have, the more momentum you can impart to your rocket, the faster it leaves the back of your rocket.
NASA space shuttles have top speeds of 29,000 kilometers per hour .
Ion engines are much more efficient than chemical rockets.
They can accelerate particles up to huge speeds, but the number of particles being accelerated is small.
Current generation ion thrusters have a fatal flaw and Achilles heel: They have terrible oomph.
The designers of Vasima claim that it could take astronauts to Mars in just 39 days .
However, the technology has some kinks to work out.
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