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RE: starship-design: Plasma Engine (VASIMR)



Kelly,

> These sound good, but how do they expect to generate the power to run
these
> engines?  Great spec impulse isn't much help if you need to carry along a
> > > huge
> reactor or something.

Well, I'll admit that 40kW is a lot of power, but it is possible, even with
current technology.

Lee