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From: Savant	8/7/2025 9:33:35 AM
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Russia Just Built a Plasma Engine That Could Reach Mars in 30 Days—SpaceX’s Biggest Problem Yet? A new propulsion system developed by Russian scientists is generating buzz in the spaceflight community. According to researchers from Rosatom’s Troitsk Institute, a laboratory-tested magnetoplasma engine could make it possible to travel from Earth to Mars in as little as one to two months—a significant leap from today’s six- to nine-month missions. Continuous Acceleration, Not CombustionAt the center of this technology is a plasma propulsion system that abandons conventional fuel combustion. Instead, it uses electromagnetic fields to accelerate hydrogen ions—charged particles like protons and electrons—to speeds of 100 kilometers per second (about 360,000 km/h). For comparison, most chemical rockets top out at around 4.5 km/s due to fuel burn limitations. “The working body is charged particles that are accelerated by an electromagnetic field. This makes it possible to achieve much higher speeds,” said Alexei Voronov, first deputy general director for science at the Troitsk Institute, speaking to Izvestia. Russia Just Built a Plasma Engine That Could Reach Mars in 30 Days—SpaceX’s Biggest Problem Yet?

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