Awhuxlb.228 net.space utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!npois!harpo!zeppo!whuxlb!ech Fri Apr 30 00:34:10 1982 Re: Ion Engines/Accelerators Interesting suggestion by Dietz@USC-ECl, using magnetic fields to accelerate the plasma ions. That is precisely the MAIN drive of an ion engine, however. =Ned= ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.