Ep. 507: From Fiction to Fact : Ion Drive
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- [email protected]
- Published
- Wed 28 Nov 2018
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/astro52/AC_507_Raw_2018_11_26.mp3
Ion engines are a mainstay of science fiction, featured in both Star Trek and Wars. But this is a very real technology, successfully used on several missions out there in the Solar System right now. How do they work and what are the limits?
