Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket

Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket

Jesse Russell Ronald Cohn

     

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ISBN: 978-5-5090-1443-7

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electro-magnetic thruster for spacecraft propulsion. It uses radio waves to ionize and heat a propellant, and magnetic fields to accelerate the resulting plasma to generate thrust. It is one of several types of spacecraft electric propulsion systems.