Ion Engines for The Solar Gravitational Lens and Beyond

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Ion engines can be a very efficient way to travel not only through our Solar System but even beyond. What kinds of ion engines are there? How are they different? What kind of missions can we expect? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Dan Fries
https://engr.uky.edu/people/dan-fries

📜 Advanced Electric Propulsion Systems with Optimal Specific Impulses for Fast Interstellar Precursor Missions
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385172298_Advanced_Electric_Propulsion_Systems_with_Optimal_Specific_Impulses_for_Fast_Interstellar_Precursor_Missions

00:00 Intro
01:20 What are ion engines
11:49 Possible Missions
18:15 Solar gravitational lens
30:42 Interstellar travel
34:04 Bonus part
35:10 Current obsessions
38:19 More interviews

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