'Mars and Back on a Tank of Gas': NASA's Fuel Efficiency Record Smashed

'Mars and Back on a Tank of Gas': NASA's Fuel Efficiency Record Smashed
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 22, 2015 - Paddy Neumann, a University of Sydney doctoral student in Physics, has developed an ionic space drive that has demolished the record for fuel efficiency. NASA's HIPEP system allows 9600 (+/-200) seconds of specific impulse. Paddy's Neumann Drive, though, has measured as high as 14690 (+/-2000), shattering NASA's original record. While NASA's HIPEP runs on xenon gas, the Neumann Drive ... more

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