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cspg
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posted 08-29-2015 04:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for cspg   Click Here to Email cspg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
To Mars and Beyond, Fast! How Plasma Propulsion Will Revolutionize Space Exploration
by Franklin Chang Diaz and Erik Seedhouse
As advanced space propulsion moves slowly from science fiction to achievable reality, the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, or VASIMR, is a leading contender for making 'Mars in a month' a possibility. The current book describes this landmark technology grounded in plasma physics and offering a practical technological solution for exploring beyond low Earth orbit in the decades to come.

Developed by Ad Astra Rockets, which was founded by astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz and backed by NASA, its first commercial tests are imminent. VASIMR heats plasma to extreme temperatures using radio waves. Strong magnetic fields then funnel this plasma out the back of the engine, creating thrust. The continuous propulsion may place long, fast interplanetary journeys within reach in the near future.

While scientists dream of the possibilities of using fusion or well-controlled matter-antimatter interactions to propel spacecraft fast and far, that goal is still some way over the horizon. VASIMR at last provides a more attainable propulsion technology that is based on the matter-antimatter concept.

  • Softcover, 201 pages
  • Springer, June 14, 2017
  • ISBN-10: 3319229176
  • ISBN-13: 978-3319229171

Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-28-2017 09:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From Erik Seedhouse on Facebook:
It's published! A collaborative venture with one of NASA's greatest astronauts — Franklin Chang Diaz — who flew seven Space Shuttle missions and still found the time to develop the revolutionary propulsion system that will get us to Mars sooner rather than later. It's an amazing story.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-11-2020 04:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ad Astra Rocket Company is holding a webinar with Franklin Chang Diaz, "The VASIMR: Changing the Paradigm of Space Propulsion," on June 20, 2020 at 1 p.m. CDT. Registration is $55 per person, which includes the chance to ask a question of Chang Diaz and a signed copy of his book.
Purchase tickets by June 19th and receive a FREE personalized signed copy of Dr. Chang Diaz's book "To Mars and Beyond, Fast!" a technical read intended to give an in-depth look at the invention of the VASIMR engine. Capturing the technology's journey from MIT to NASA to the private sector, this book will cover the engine's design, capabilities, and potential to change the future of space travel.

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