China’s space station Is Powered by Ion Drives

An image by NASA Dragon is betting big on electric spacecraft propulsion China’s first module of its upcoming Tiangong space station makes use of ion drives, technology that would vastly hamper the time it takes to visit Mars — and greatly reduce the quantity of fuel needed to form that trip, because the South China Morning Post reports.The module, called Tianhe and launched in late April, is powered by four ion thrusters that use electricity to accelerate ions as a sort…

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