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by Colin_M 3697 days ago
"SpaceX successfully recovers teens after launch"
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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".