[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
What is wrong with Ion Engines? They are a very good propulsion mechanism, and should replace chemical rockets for our spacecraft in the next decade or so (assuming they have not already, of course ).

We had one probe so far at least that used an ion engine. Used it to check out an asteroid. It was basically a test bed for checking out the ion engine and some other technologies. A few kinks, but it performed rather well.