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2010-09-01
Study: CEO Compensation Totaled $598 Million At The 50 Companies That Laid-Off The Most Workers

Peak Oil And The German Government - Military Study Warns Of Potentially Drastic Oil Crisis

Mystery Over Russian General Found Dead On Turkish Beach

Internet Freedom - Will Russia's Bloggers Survive Censorship Push?

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U.S. Warns East Coast To Brace For Impact Of Hurricane Earl

Commentary: The Sarrazin Debate - Germany Is Becoming Islamophobic

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Hell On Earth - The U.N. Documents Congo's Bloodbath

Baghdad On High Alert As U.S. Officially Ends Combat Mission

Mexico Seizes 'La Barbie', Drug Lord Infamous For Beheadings

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'I Did Nothing Wrong' - German Gulag Prisoners Recall Their Ordeal

Stock Investors Brace For Another Ugly September

Four Israelis Shot Dead Near Jewish Settlement On Eve Of White House Talks


'Look Out, Stars, Here We Come' - Plasma Engine Passes Test
2005-12-15 20:50:37 (246 weeks ago)
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The European Space Agency (ESA) says initial testing of a new plasma drive for spacecraft has been a success. The "double layer thruster" is a new kind of ion drive which could give much more power than existing versions.


It works by accelerating charged particles between two layers of argon plasma, gas where the atoms have been stripped of electrons.


ESA says it has "proven the principle", and will proceed with simulations and perhaps bigger prototypes.


ESA already uses an ion drive on its Smart 1 Moon probe, and the U.S. space agency NASA deployed one on Deep Space 1, which flew out to Comet Borrelly in 2001.

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