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What is the main attraction for using an ion drive for powering spacecraft?
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∙ 11y ago
Ion drives can attain very high exhaust velocities, so in microgravity situations over long periods of time they're one of the most efficient propulsion systems known.
The downside is that they don't produce a lot of thrust, so you can't use an ion drive to lift off from Earth's surface... you need to start it once you're already out "in space" away from Earth's gravity well.
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∙ 15y agoThe advantages of an ion drive are that the drive can use its fuel more efficiently then a chemical rocket and that the drive, in the long term, will be faster then a chemical rocket.
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