When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel ... more like a miniature jet engine than anything that had come before it. Optimizations would need to be made ...

demonstrating thrust comparable to conventional jet engines. Tang’s approach differs from other plasma propulsion systems, ...

demonstrating thrust comparable to conventional jet engines. Tang’s approach differs from other plasma propulsion systems, such as those used by NASA. For example, NASA’s xenon-based plasma ...

Dr. King is an experimentalist interested in studying electric space propulsion systems, including Hall-effect thrusters, ion engines, and arcjets. By utilizing strong electromagnetic forces to ...