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Originally posted by Akaw
Just as a note on the Ion Drives: the reason they're so efficient (from what I've seen) is that they actually send the projected particles from the back and recollect them in the front. It's of course not a perfect system, but if it gave more thrust it would work very well.
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I don't get it. Surely all of the
positive gained from expelling the ions in reverse would be lost entirely by bringing them back up to the front?