Room Temperature Superconductors Means 2 Months to Mars
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6DA6E)
An early application of practical room temperature superconductors would be to enable 2 month trips to Mars. Paihau-Robinson, an industry leader in high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet development, is undertaking a five-year research programme into the application of its proprietary magnet technology to applied-field magneto plasma dynamic (AF-MPD) thrusters-a type of electric space thruster. Applied-field magneto ...