China’s New Space Station Is Powered by Ion Thrusters
futurism.com
China's first module of its upcoming space station makes use of ion drives, technology that could vastly cut down the time it takes to travel to Mars.
  • poVoq@lemmy.ml
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    4 years ago

    Yeah it either takes forever (but is very efficient) or requires an massive amount of electricity, hence the nuclear reactor.