← Back to context Comment by drivebyhooting 5 hours ago For that particular mission I’d be curious to compare to an ion drive architecture. 2 comments drivebyhooting Reply Klathmon 3 hours ago Don't ion drives consume comparitively a lot of xenon to work? drivebyhooting 3 hours ago Yes, they have substantially lower specific impulse than fission fragment.
Klathmon 3 hours ago Don't ion drives consume comparitively a lot of xenon to work? drivebyhooting 3 hours ago Yes, they have substantially lower specific impulse than fission fragment.
drivebyhooting 3 hours ago Yes, they have substantially lower specific impulse than fission fragment.
Don't ion drives consume comparitively a lot of xenon to work?
Yes, they have substantially lower specific impulse than fission fragment.