Plasma Rocket Technology Receives NASA Funding Boost

Monday, August 24, 2015 - 07:20 in Astronomy & Space

A potential advancement in the United States’ electric propulsion capability for the future of spaceflight is being underscored by a new NASA contract to support work on the VASIMR project - short for the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket.

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