{"id":4593,"date":"2024-09-27T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/27\/deep-space-voyages-to-seek-out-new-life-could-be-made-possible-by-new-rocket-thruster\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T17:00:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T17:00:41","slug":"deep-space-voyages-to-seek-out-new-life-could-be-made-possible-by-new-rocket-thruster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/27\/deep-space-voyages-to-seek-out-new-life-could-be-made-possible-by-new-rocket-thruster\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep space voyages to \u2018seek out new life\u2019 could be made possible by new rocket thruster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new rocket thruster could enable \u201cnever-ending\u201d voyages into deep space by using any type of metal as fuel.<\/p>\n<p>A team at the University of Southampton is testing a new propulsion system which would allow metals found on comets and moons to be harvested in order to propel a spacecraft indefinitely.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\">    <\/div>\n<p>Most current rocket propulsion systems for spacecraft that have left Earth\u2019s atmosphere use rare gas phase fuels such as xenon or krypton, which are easy to supply on Earth but difficult to get in space.<\/p>\n<p>But using metals a spacecraft could harvest along its journey \u201copens a new way to explore planets and space,\u201d lead scientist Dr Minkwan Kim told Sky News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can actually go far into deep space and operate for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>The new thrusters can burn metals which are relatively abundant in space, such as iron, aluminium and copper, said Dr Kim, who created a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat gives us a new strategy to travel through deep space,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Current thrusters that use metal are designed for satellites, but the one Dr Kim and his team are testing could be used to power spaceships through space.<\/p>\n<p>The team are working with British-based space firm Magdrive on the propulsion system, named Super Magdrive, which has received \u00a31m from the UK government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope it can be the cornerstone of future deep space missions,\u201d Dr Kim said. \u201cThis is just the beginning. We don\u2019t know how far this technology can change, how far we can push forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe system could help us explore new planets, seek out new life, and go where no human has gone before \u2013 enabling never-ending discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new rocket thruster could enable \u201cnever-ending\u201d voyages into deep space by using any type&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}