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Posted on March 14, 2020

Orbion teams up with Xplore to provide “Space as a Service”

As reported in Space Daily, Orbion will deliver its Aurora Hall-effect thrusters to power Xplore’s space vehicle called Xcraft to explore the inner solar system.

Posted on January 2, 2020

Everything nuclear

You’ll find all the latest advances in space nuclear power at Beyond Nerva

Posted on December 25, 2019

Getting to Mars faster

A good summary of state-of-the-art advanced propulsion technologies

Posted on June 15, 2019March 31, 2021

Destination: Saturn (in two years)

Princeton Satellite Systems’ Direct Fusion Drive, fueled by  helium-3 and deuterium, could be on line by 2028, significantly reducing travel time to the outer solar system and beyond.  In addition to providing high specific impulse propulsion, the system could be used as a power source at the destination.

Posted on May 19, 2019

Space Access Society 2019 Highlight – Positron Dynamics paves the way for antimatter propulsion

Ryan Weed, CEO of Positron Dynamic discussed his company’s plans for opening the solar system with an innovative radioisotope positron source for interplanetary propulsion. Last April, the small start-up was awarded a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts  Phase I award to study the system: https://www.positrondynamics.com/

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