Next Generation Radioisotopes Can Power Ultrafast Space Missions Up to 220,000 MPH
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6GEM1)
USNC-Tech envisions adapting EmberCore for an electric propulsion system that could propel a spacecraft to extremely high speeds. The spacecraft architecture is capable of incredible delta-V on the order of 50-100 km/s," USNC-Tech's Christopher Morrison says in the company's proposal. That would translate to 110,000 to 220,000 mph. Cobalt-60 gives 17 watts per gram. A ...