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From Earth to Mars in 30 days: NASA funds development of a new conception engine

Washington, USA - According to the simulations, the propulsor could move a spacecraft at 30 km/s

One of the main difficulties of space exploration has always been the speed: existing engines, even if capable of pushing spacecrafts up to speeds which are extraordinary if considered with terrestrial parameters, they have unavoidably to face the immensity of the cosmos and its enormous distances. For example Curiosity, the rover of the NASA (the American space agency), departed from Cape Canaveral...

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