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Natalya Bailey the Founder & CEO of Accion Systems joins us to talk about their very small yet incredibly powerful take on Ion thrusters. As these get closer to their theoretical maximum thrust, just a couple of the tiny units could perform all of the ISS station keeping needs! Or even send humans to Mars!
In Space News: * Potential habitability in Europa and Enceladus * Update on French Guiana Blockade * Atlas V aims for Tuesday Cygnus launch * NASA presents Deep Space Gateway and more SLS missions * Mars InSight seismometer passes major test
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