导语：十年前看阿凡达，气势磅礴的星际飞船带着烧红了的翅膀，飞向潘多拉星球，继而引发了一个外太空拆迁中的爱恨情仇 ...

随着航天技术不断进步，宇宙深处探索需求越来越迫切，化学推进显然无法满足此需求。 可变比冲磁等离子体火箭，英文简称VASIMR，也可称为可变比冲磁等离子体推进器，是一种大功率、大推力、高比冲、比冲可变的航天推力器。 可变比冲磁等离子体火箭属于 ...

新浪科技讯 北京时间10月13日消息，据英国《新科学家》杂志报道，美国一家公司日前对一台满负荷运转的新型离子发动机进行了测试，使得我们距离将宇航员快速送入太空的目标又近了一步。 离子发动机或许会在五年内被用于维持国际空间站运行轨道，为将来 ...

“游戏《异星争霸》里的约翰·卡特（John Carter）想上火星可简单了：只消站在空地上，摊开双手，发个愿就成了。”卡尔·萨根（Carl Sagan）如是说。要是真有那么简单就好了，可是因为有宇宙辐射、轨道复杂情况及5,400万至4.01亿公里的距离，对人类来说，想上 ...

The VASIMR spacecraft engine that is the brainchild of Tico physicist Franklin Chang Díaz is one step closer to reality, Chang’s company Ad Astra Rocket Company reported this week. The VASIMR is ...

“[C]ritical to deep space exploration will be the development of breakthrough propulsion systems.” — U.S. President Barack Obama, Kennedy Space Center, April 15, 2010 The Obama administration claims ...

Hyperion Power Generation is moving ahead with the preparations for three factories for its roughly 7 ton 27 MWe nuclear reactors. One to two hundred reactors could be built and deployed from ...

* 300,000 m/s is possible with hydrogen. The 39 day mission to Mars using VASIMR propulsion takes 200 Megawatts total input power driving 4-to-8 yet to be designed VASIMR engines that will sink ...

Plasma propulsion may very well be our ticket to visit those little green men on Mars, which is why NASA is becoming besties with Ad Astra, makers of the VASIMR VX-200 plasma rocket. After successful ...

VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) Engine Market Overview: The variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR) is an electrothermal thruster being developed for potential ...

That said, the VASIMR rocket, developed by the Ad Astra Rocket Company might just bring human exploration of the red planet within reach. Because when it comes down to it, it’s all about the need for ...