Chemistry and Advanced Propulsion Technologies
September 24, 2008
This NASA video segment explains the use of plasma for rocket propulsion. The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is being tested as one new form of propulsion. This video segment reviews the four states of matter while it reviews the make-up of atoms, electric and magnetic fields, and radiation.
credit: NASA
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Technology Internet, Propulsion, Physics, Spacecraft propulsion, Fusion rocket, Ad Astra Rocket Company, Plasma, Specific impulse, Plasma propulsion engine, Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, aerospace engineering, Plasma physics, Spaceflight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Advanced Propulsion Technologies