The X3 Ion Thruster Is Here, This Is How It'll Get Us to Mars
The X3 is made possible thanks to a collaboration among NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Michigan.
What if they made smaller ones for cars so they could float. Like half that just take the 2x or 4x energy you’d have your 2024 space car theres a future for it
This brings Elon to mind, maby he can get in on this research some how, since he is at the forefront of electric vehicles an electric truster for space craft should interest him .
Many ppl bashing about ion engines, but to me this is the future. Chemical rockets have only brought us so far. From the V2 engine 70 years ago to todays modern engines e.g. Rs25 or raptor, merlin, etc. there was really only an efficiency improvement of 50 to 100% and we have arguably hit its physical limits. Ion throws in a factor of 10 which is huge. This could bring us our whole solar system into reach. And here I come back to the critics. We need to work on this technology and over the next decades we will have breakthroughs in electricity storage and fusion power that could be paired to scale up these engines. And then we will be comfortably and routinely sending people to the moons of saturn and beyond.
Don't bother giving us the important details, Seeker. You know, like what the thrust is rated at. And did you guys seriously just gloss over the whole slowing-down part?
The X3 is a collaboration among NASA, Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Michigan, and Aerojet Rocketdyne as part of NASA's NextSTEP program. Learn more about the initiative here: https://www.nasa.gov/nextstep and here! https://iepc2017.org/sites/default/files/speaker-papers/iepc_2017-219_nextstep_development.pdf
Take your time but hurry Nasa!
What if they made smaller ones for cars so they could float.
Like half that just take the 2x or 4x energy you’d have your 2024 space car theres a future for it
So, just under three weeks to get to Mars then.
Everyone's talking about going faster but no one is talking about slowing that thing down
Its easy, it wont within your life time
These would probably be great as the engines in space vacume
This brings Elon to mind, maby he can get in on this research some how, since he is at the forefront of electric vehicles an electric truster for space craft should interest him .
30 minutes to get to the moon, incredible
All these g's….and our top pilots can only handle 9 g's …seems legit
Many ppl bashing about ion engines, but to me this is the future. Chemical rockets have only brought us so far. From the V2 engine 70 years ago to todays modern engines e.g. Rs25 or raptor, merlin, etc. there was really only an efficiency improvement of 50 to 100% and we have arguably hit its physical limits. Ion throws in a factor of 10 which is huge. This could bring us our whole solar system into reach. And here I come back to the critics. We need to work on this technology and over the next decades we will have breakthroughs in electricity storage and fusion power that could be paired to scale up these engines. And then we will be comfortably and routinely sending people to the moons of saturn and beyond.
Start testing it in real time cause I've the knowledge that this isn't gonna work the China and India have a much more advanced way
Elon musk will make the super electric rocket
Rockets to mars not needed America military have stargate to go to other planets and mars.
No need for space vehicle
They should use antigravity
Shrink it down and strap this on your palms and soles. Boom, iron man M1
X4 and x5
Lol, so Ion Engines are real.
They be going so fast.. they have no breaks? lul
Repeating "may one day take us" doesn't even get shit anywhere.
Don't bother giving us the important details, Seeker. You know, like what the thrust is rated at. And did you guys seriously just gloss over the whole slowing-down part?
This video is deceiving in how rockets work.