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Re: Xenon Ion
At 5:11 PM 7/9/96, David Levine wrote:
>A recent NASA press release mentions the Xenon Ion engine.
>Isn't that an engine that originally came out of development of
>the TAU project?
>
>Apparently they're actually building the thing (not TAU, but
>the engine...)
>
>David
I think they are starting to use Ion engines as attitude control thrusters
on the big comsats. So the project might be justified for that even thou
TAU never went anywhere.
Kelly
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