The Curio

It needs dilithium crystals, apparently. Seriously though, why is it that real science is almost always weirder than pseudo-science? Superconducting magnet coils, plasma source antenna, space tourism. It’s all there.

Plasma Rocket Engine: New Agreement Inked:

“The first agreement for the commercial use of the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) has been signed. Work on the VASIMR concept has been championed by former NASA astronaut, Franklin Chang Diaz.”