Plasma engines are better designed for long-distance interplanetary space travel missions. A plasma propulsion engine is a form of electric propulsion in which generates thrust at a quasi-neutral plasma. This is in contrast to ion thruster search engines, which generates forced through extracting a ion current from plasma source, that’s then accelerated to high velocities using grids/anodes.
Plasma Propulsion Engine
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