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Old January 13th 06, 03:17 PM
Rémy MERCIER Rémy MERCIER is offline
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Recently there have been announcements about new and improved ion
thrusters.

One of them was the Helicon Double Layer Ion Thruster, and the latest
one is the DS4G Thruster.

Each represents different improvements in ion thruster design. I would
like to ask -- are these respective improvements mutually exclusive, or
can they be combined together in complementary fashion for an even
greater performance boost?

Besides these, any other ion thruster improvements on the horizon?
These two ion thrusters are new and great improvements will come. I think that a new helicon double-layer MULTI-STAGE is possible with variable isp and variable thrust (like VASIMIR) and with so many other advantages!!!...

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