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NASA Tests Powerful Electromagnetic Thruster That Could Send Humans to Mars

Lithium-powered engine reaches record 120 kilowatts in JPL test, glowing hotter than molten lava inside specialized vacuum chamber.

NASA Tests Powerful Electromagnetic Thruster That Could Send Humans to Mars
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