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Plasma engine demonstrates superconducting first stage at full power

Submit on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 05:56

Ad Astra Rocket company said it has successfully demonstrated operation of its VX-200 plasma engine first stage at full power and under superconducting conditions in tests conducted at the company’s Houston laboratory.
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