Hmmm, seems we can't even honestly rant about ion thrusting for the
fun of it all. Go figure, even though ion thrusters that reliably and
efficiently work according to those pesky laws of physics are
currently rather small, there's no good reason(s) as to why they can't
be made as terribly huge and extremely powerful.

Of course, it would be nice having my LSE-CM/ISS as our space depot/
gateway or outpost oasis for the assembly of such nifty spaceships
with those big ion thrusters, but then that's also technically
doable.
.. - Brad Guth