NASA took a concrete step towards Mars. At the Chorro Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, the agency successfully tested a magnetoplasmodynamic electromagnetic propellant (MPD) powered by lithium metal steam that reached 120 kilowatts of power, Infobae reported. It is the first time in U.S. history that an electrical propulsion system operates at such high levels of power in ground testing, and marks a technical breakthrough that…
NASA took a concrete step towards Mars. At the Chorro Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, the agency successfully tested a magnetoplasmodynamic electromagnetic propellant (MPD) powered by lithium metal steam that reached 120 kilowatts of power, Infobae reported. It is the first time in U.S. history that an electrical propulsion system operates at such high levels of power in ground testing, and marks a technical breakthrough that…