Ad Astra, NASA Agree On More Vasimr Cooperation

By Frank Morring, Jr.

NASA engineers will help Ad Astra Rocket Co. mature the design of a flight demonstrator for its 200-kw Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (Vasimr) under a new support agreement between the Houston-based company and Johnson Space Center.

As part of the agreement, Ad Astra will assess low-thrust trajectories of the type that could be achieved with a ...

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