NASA Participates In American Astronautical Society Conference

(Ron Baalke) wrote
[...]
o Franklin Chang-Diaz, astronaut and director of the
Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory at JSC, will
discuss the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma
Rocket


This might answer my earlier question --
(in . com)

Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Astronaut Chang-Diaz Wins Discover Magazine Award
Date: 29 Oct 2003 10:22:13 -0800
[...]
BTW, the PopSci article on alternative propulsions quoted FC-D (or at
least his lab) as having an article (small unit) ready for flight-test
early 2002 (IIRC; I keep meaning to drag out that issue). Does anyone
know how close this has gotten, and if it still needs to be done from
the Shuttle platform?

Wish I could be there!

/dps