May 11th, 2002, 02:35 AM
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Re: Next patch requests
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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
I don't think an ion drive can even operate within our atmosphere. They have to test them in a vacuum chamber.
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Yes they do. Albeit a Vacumm chamber filled with Xenons I think.
The Ion Engines that JPL is testing goes into the Ionosphear, charges up Ions, makes a "wall" of Dense Ions and gets out and push  into a great distance... I think.
The Thing with the Ion engines is all it needs are Electricity that are generated by the Solar Panels, rather than Chemical fuels which run out.
Although you can't use Ion engins in a planet: It'll just cause electroshock to anything that surrounds Kenedy Space Center.
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