- French researchers published a paper in Nature demonstrating a new kind of ion thruster that uses solid iodine instead of gaseous xenon as propellant, opening the way to cheaper, better spacecraft. https://www.inverse.com/science/iodine-study-better-spaceships 237 comments science
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- NASA will pay a staggering $146 million for each SLS rocket engine | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/nasa-will-pay-a-staggering-146-million-for-each-sls-rocket-engine/ 359 comments
- In-orbit demonstration of an iodine electric propulsion system | Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04015-y 40 comments
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