... While the driving objective is to commemorate the centennial of one of the most ... engine uses plentiful hydrogen fuel and ion cyclotron resonance heating to create ... is still falling into these disks and driving outflowing jets of gas from the ...
... The minute you drive through the museum's gate you step into history," said Perry ... system components for the planned Nov. 9 start-up of the ion propulsion engine ...
... could delay the launch of key American station elements and drive up program costs ... DS1, which features an ion engine, solar concentrators, and an autonomous navigation ...
... DS1's innovative technologies include an ion engine that is the spacecraft's main propulsion system, solar concentrators that ... via TV and the Web to give people the opportunity to drive the rover once the primary part of the mission is completed ...