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Chang-Diaz says it gets more miles per gallon than you can =
Unlike engines that use solid or liquid fuel, the plasma engine is =Įfficient. The super-hot plasma is then moved down to =Įxhaust nozzle, where is pushes the engine away.=20 =įrom an on-board transmitter are used to create the plasma and then a =Įlectromagnets that circle the central chamber keep the plasma from = Turned into plasma, a burning gas as hot as the surface of the sun. This way: You put a small amount of hydrogen into one end of the engine. I'm not a plasma physicist, but Chang-Diaz is, and he explains the =
He started working on the plasma engine in college, and now, =Ĥ8, he's got a demonstration version of the engine in his lab in = It's been the life's work of astronaut Franklin=20Ĭhang-Diaz. "The most amazing thing I saw this week was =Įngine of the future.
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