Mars in a Week!

[Article] A new thruster for spacecraft has just passed its Proof of Concept testing. Are the claims true that it can shorten travel times between Earth and Mars from six months to a single week?


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The device is called a photonic laser thruster, and was developed by Young Bae, an engineer in Tustin, California, using off-the-shelf components. The device emits a column of concentrated laser light, using photons as thrust instead of expensive and dangerous chemical rockets.  The thrust you...
This article was published Monday, 24 September, 2007 by AFP
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Mars in a Week!


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