Space Frontier Foundation » Ad Astra http://spacefrontier.org Advancing Newspace, championing ideas for opening the space frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible Thu, 10 May 2012 13:00:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ion Engine Could One Day Power 39 Day Trips to Mars http://spacefrontier.org/2009/08/01/ion-engine-could-one-day-power-39-day-trips-to-mars/ http://spacefrontier.org/2009/08/01/ion-engine-could-one-day-power-39-day-trips-to-mars/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:09:36 +0000 William Watson http://spacefrontier.org/?p=1405

Ad Astra development of an ion engine utilizing the new VASIMIR technology, would make human travel to Mars viable with a trip as short as 39 days.Ion Engine Could One Day Power 39 Day Trips to Mars

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