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"SpaceX successfully recovers teens after launch"


Electric rockets still have a long way to go...


There is actually a thing called ion thrusters, which use propellant only as reactive mass and consume electricity for energy, but they are too weak for use in Earth-launched rockets.


What are the chances of one of them being called "Jebediah".




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