Plasma-powered jets could take you to space

• Autores: Sandrine Ceurstemont
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3126, 2017, pág. 8
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Plasma engines have been stuck in the lab for the past decade or so. And research on them has largely been limited to the idea of propelling satellites once in space. Berkant Goksel at the Technical University of Berlin and his team now want to fit plasma engines to planes. The challenge was to develop an air-breathing plasma propulsion engine that could be used for take-off as well as high-altitude flying.