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Any way to combine these two technologies to make a hybrid system that is more effecient and adds greater acceleration?
Like accelerating the ions to a greater velocity during the acceleration phase.
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Let me see here....
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The VASIMR microwave generators will do a fine job at this already, and a large chemical laser would only be able to fire for minutes, not months, and it would be extremely heavy.
[i]"The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those that do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw[/i]
[i]The glass is at 50% of capacity[/i]
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