NASA offers $500,000 to develop next-generation electric rocket engines
NASA is offering $500,000 in prizes to encourage American companies to develop more capable electric propulsion systems for future space missions. The competition focuses on a technology known as Hall effect thrusters, which use electricity to propel spacecraft through space. The new initiative, called the Advanced Mid-Power Electric Rocket (AMPERE) Challenge, seeks to advance mid-power (3-7 kW) propulsion systems. Government… […]
