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Thu Apr 29 10:55:36 1982
Reaction Engine Pollution
From: Paul Dietz <DIETZ USC-ECL AT>
The proposed MIT one coil accelerator induces very high currents in
the accelerated mass; it is melted or vaporized.  If vaporized, no
pollution problems should occur as the particles that condense out
will be very small.

I wonder if it is possible to develope a kind of cross between these
reaction engines and ion engines.  I have in mind some kind of
accelerator that induces currents in a dense plasma, accelerating
the particles in the plasma collectively.  This may give much higher
thrust than ordinary ion engines.
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