Thursday, March 8, 2012

Space Tugboats Are Exactly What They Sound Like [Monster Machines]

Modern spacecraft use a majority of their fuel supplies just to break away from the Earth's gravity and actually get into space. But a new NASA proposal hopes to cut that fuel requirement in half by employing solar-powered, ion-thrusting "Space Tugs" to ferry ships and satellites into Geosynchronous orbit. More »


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